Up-regulation of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) in the rat nucleus accumbens after repeated electroconvulsive shock

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 210-213

  Roh, Myoung Sun ^a,b,c   Cui, Feng Ji ^c   Ahn, Yong Min ^a,b   Kang, Ung Gu ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CART; CREB; Depression; Electroconvulsive shock; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROSHOCK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 68949146848     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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