Prenatal ethanol exposure alters the expression of period genes governing the circadian function of β-endorphin neurons in the hypothalamus

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1026-1033

  Chen, Cui Ping ^a   Kuhn, Peter ^a   Advis, Juan P ^a   Sarkar, Dipak K ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Animal Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

endorphin neurons; Arcuate nuclei; Fetal alcohol effects; Laser captured microdissection; Period genes; Rhythms; Suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ENDORPHIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL FUNCTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FETUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RPER1 GENE; RPER2 GENE; RPER3 GENE; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STRESS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33646097212     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03839.x     Document Type: Article

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