Lithium prevents stress-induced reduction of vascular endothelium growth factor levels

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 429, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Silva, Rui ^a   Martins, Luís ^a   Longatto Filho, Adhemar ^a   Almeida, Osborne F X ^b   Sousa, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Chronic mild stress; Neurogenesis; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; LITHIUM; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; BETA CATENIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 36148950581     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.062     Document Type: Article

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