Chronic isolation of adult rats decreases gene expression of catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes in adrenal medulla

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1015-1020

  Gavrilović, Ljubica ^a   Spasoiević, Natasa ^a   Tanić, Nikola ^b   Droniak, Sladjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes; Gene expression; Protein levels; qRT PCR; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

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

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 59849110462     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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