Activation of glucocorticoid receptors increases 5-HT2A receptor levels

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-91

  Trajkovska, Viktorija ^a   Kirkegaard, Lisbeth ^a   Krey, Gesa ^a   Marcussen, Anders B ^a   Thomsen, Morten S ^a   Chourbaji, Sabine ^b   Brandwein, Christiane ^b   Ridder, Stephanie ^b   Halldin, Christer ^c   Gass, Peter ^b   Knudsen, Gitte M ^a   Aznar, Susana ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Depression; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Mature organotypic culture; Mifepristone; Serotonin; Spironolactone; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SPIRONOLACTONE; TRITIUM; VOLINANSERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTERONE; FLUOROBENZENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MIFEPRISTONE; PIPERIDINES; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SPIRONOLACTONE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRITIUM;

EID: 67349193698     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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