Sex influences the effect of a lifelong increase in serotonin transporter function on cerebral metabolism

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2375-2385

  Dawson, Neil ^a   Ferrington, Linda ^a   Olverman, Henry J ^a   Harmar, Anthony J ^a   Kelly, Paul A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 deoxyglucose; Anxiety; Mice; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; CARBON; GLUCOSE; PAROXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PAROXETINE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 69249202593     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22062     Document Type: Article

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