Vagus nerve stimulation increases norepinephrine concentration and the gene expression of BDNF and bFGF in the rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 1179, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-34

  Follesa, Paolo ^a   Biggio, Francesca ^a   Gorini, Giorgio ^a   Caria, Stefania ^a   Talani, Giuseppe ^a   Dazzi, Laura ^a   Puligheddu, Monica ^a   Marrosu, Francesco ^a   Biggio, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antidepressant drugs; Gene expression; Microdialysis; Treatment resistant depression; Treatment resistant epilepsy; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; RIBONUCLEASE; VENLAFAXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NOREPINEPHRINE; NUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; VAGUS NERVE;

RATTUS;

EID: 35448949501     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.08.045     Document Type: Article

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