Gestational nicotine exposure reduces nicotinic cholinergic receptor (nAChR) expression in dopaminergic brain regions of adolescent rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 380-388

  Chen, Hao ^a   Parker, Steven L ^a   Matta, Shannon G ^a   Sharp, Burt M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Drugs of abuse; Nicotine; Reward pathway; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

EPIBATIDINE; IODINE 125; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRIDINES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 23244457331     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04229.x     Document Type: Article

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