Gene regulation in the frontal cortex of rats exposed to the chronic mild stress paradigm, an animal model of human depression

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2156-2164

  Orsetti, M ^a   Di Brisco, F ^a   Canonico, P L ^a   Genazzani, A A ^a   Ghi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; DNA microarray; Gene expression analysis

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN HOMER 1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMK2A GENE; CART GENE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DNA MICROARRAY; EGR2 GBENE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAD1 GENE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMER1 GENE; ITGA6 GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLCB1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTGS2 GENE; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TH GENE;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 42049112555     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06155.x     Document Type: Article

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