Levothyroxin restores hypothyroidism-induced impairment of LTP of hippocampal CA1: Electrophysiological and molecular studies

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 330-341

  Alzoubi, K H ^a   Gerges, N Z ^a,b   Alkadhi, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcineurin; CaMKII; fEPSP; RC3 mRNA; Real time PCR; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM DEPENDENT CALMODULIN KINASE II; CALMODULIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; NEUROGRANIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KINASE C GAMMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCINEURIN; CALMODULIN; CELL FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THYROXINE;

EID: 24744454130     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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