Measurement of immediate-early gene activation- c-fos and beyond

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 665-672

  Kovács, Krisztina J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arc; Fos; Fos related antigen; Hypothalamus; Jun; TH

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; PROTEIN C FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

CELL ACTIVATION; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DAHL SALT SENSITIVE RAT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; MARKER GENE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSGENIC RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 45549097012     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01734.x     Document Type: Review

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