Changes of mRNA expression of enkephalin and prodynorphin in hippocampus of rats with chronic immobilization stress

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 2547-2549

  Chen, Jia Xu ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Yang, Jian Xin ^a   Xu, Hong Yan ^a   Wang, Zhu Feng ^a   Yue, Guang Xin ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; MESSENGER RNA; METENKEPHALIN; PRIMER DNA; PRIMER RNA; PRODYNORPHIN; PREPROENKEPHALIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENKEPHALINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS;

EID: 4444254759     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i17.2547     Document Type: Article

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