Experimental approaches for the study of oxytocin and vasopressin gene expression in the central nervous system

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 170, Issue , 2008, Pages 43-51

  Scordalakes, Elka M ^a,b   Yue, Chunmei ^a   Gainer, Harold ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

alzet osmotic mini pumps; gene expression; glutamate; heteronuclear RNA; osmotic regulation; oxytocin; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; RNA PROBE; SALT LOADING; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRONS; MALE; OXYTOCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, HETEROGENEOUS NUCLEAR; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 47549104445     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(08)00404-4     Document Type: Review

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