Nitric oxide synthase activity and expression are decreased in the paraventricular nucleus of pregnant rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1251, Issue , 2009, Pages 140-150

  Heesch, Cheryl M ^a,b   Zheng, Hong ^c   Foley, C Michael ^a,b   Mueller, Patrick J ^a,b   Hasser, Eileen M ^a,b,d   Patel, Kaushik P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

NADPH diaphorase; nNOS mRNA; nNOS protein; Pregnancy; PVN

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DOWN-REGULATION; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VASOPRESSINS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 58149386195     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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