Adrenocorticotropic hormone elevates gene expression for catecholamine biosynthesis in rat superior cervical ganglia and locus coeruleus by an adrenal independent mechanism

Neuroscience

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1380-1389

  Serova, L I ^a   Gueorguiev, V ^a   Cheng, S Y ^a   Sabban, E L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; dopamine hydroxylase; locus coeruleus; superior cervical ganglia; tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOTROPIN; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL CULTURE; CERVICAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; HUMANS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 2; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TRANSFECTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 43949084670     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.02.059     Document Type: Article

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