In the rat brain acetyl-l-carnitine treatment modulates the expression of genes involved in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 146-152

  Traina, G ^a   Bernardi, R ^b   Cataldo, E ^b   MacChi, M ^b   Durante, M ^b   Brunelli, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetyl l carnitine; Lysosomal storage disorders; Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis; Rat; Suppression subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

LEVACECARNINE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ACETYLCARNITINE; NOOTROPIC AGENT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LYSOSOME; MALE; NEURONAL CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; TRANSPORT VESICLE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; NEURONAL CEROID-LIPOFUSCINOSES; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VACUOLAR PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES;

EID: 58149146893     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-008-8038-8     Document Type: Article

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