Sex-specific expression of BDNF and CART in the midbrain non-preganglionic Edinger-Westphal nucleus in the rat

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2268-2274

  Derks, Nicole M ^a   Gaszner, Balázs ^a,b   Bernhardt, Katharina ^a   Roubos, Eric W ^a   Kozicz, T ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Major depression; Quantitative RT PCR; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 70450225240     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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