Glucocorticoid modulation of tryptophan hydroxylase-2 protein in raphe nuclei and 5-hydroxytryptophan concentrations in frontal cortex of C57/Bl6 mice

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 498-506

  Clark, J A ^a   Flick, R B ^a   Pai, L Y ^a   Szalayova, I ^b   Key, S ^b   Conley, R K ^a,e   Deutch, A Y ^c,d   Hutson, P H ^a   Mezey, E ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTP; Corticosterone; Dexamethasone; Mifepristone; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MIFEPRISTONE; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MIFEPRISTONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OVARIECTOMY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 42349111020     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002041     Document Type: Article

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