The regulation of neuronal gene expression by alcohol

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 324-335

  Pignataro, Leonardo ^a   Varodayan, Florence P ^a   Tannenholz, Lindsay E ^a   Harrison, Neil L ^a  

^a The College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Gene expression; Heat shock proteins; Microarray; Neurons; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL RESPONSE ELEMENT; CELL PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ION CHANNEL; NEURON RESTRICTIVE SILENCER ELEMENT; REPRESSOR ELEMENT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 70449534674     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2009.09.002     Document Type: Review

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