Gender differences in prodynorphin but not proenkephalin mRNA expression in the striatum of adolescent rats exposed to prenatal cocaine

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 421, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-217

  Torres Reveron, Annelyn ^a   Hurd, Yasmin L ^b   Dow Edwards, Diana L ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dopamine opiate interactions; Drug abuse; Molecular changes; Pregnancy; Prenatal cocaine

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; MESSENGER RNA; PRODYNORPHIN; PROENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; COCAINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34250663081     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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