In vitro binding assays using 3H nisoxetine and 3H WIN 35,428 reveal selective effects of gonadectomy and hormone replacement in adult male rats on norepinephrine but not dopamine transporter sites in the cerebral cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 271-282

  Meyers, B ^a   Kritzer, M F ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; androgen; estrogen; prefrontal cortex; schizophrenia; working memory

Indexed keywords

3BETA (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2BETA TROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ANDROGEN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; ESTRADIOL; NISOXETINE; NORADRENALIN; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DRUG BINDING; GONADECTOMY; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SHAM PROCEDURE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; FLUOXETINE; GONADAL HORMONES; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ORCHIECTOMY; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM;

EID: 60349127522     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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