Expression levels of mRNAs for catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes as markers of acute response to contusion stress during the early postmortem period

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 239-248

  Takahashi, Shirushi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cathecholamine; Forensic medicine; Real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Sudden unexpected death; Sympathoadrenal response to contusion stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATECHOLAMINES; CONTUSIONS; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 59849091287     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.216.239     Document Type: Article

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