Depolarization and neurotransmitter regulation of vasopressin gene expression in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-151

  Rusnak, Milan ^a,b   Tóth, Zsuzsanna E ^a,c   House, Shirley B ^a   Gainer, Harold ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Gene regulation; Organotypic cultures; SCN; Vasopressin; VIP; VPAC2 receptor

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; RO 25 1553; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR 2; VASOPRESSIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 33846121928     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3739-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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