The neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) gene contributes to the regulation of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) by cocaine

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 457, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 120-124

  Balda, Mara A ^a   Anderson, Karen L ^a   Itzhak, Yossef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral sensitization; Cocaine; Dorsal striatum (dST); Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS); Stereology; Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH); Ventral tegmental area(VTA); Western blotting

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME REGULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COCAINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 67349178229     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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