Influence of progesterone on GAD65 and GAD67 mRNA expression in the dorsolateral striatum and prefrontal cortex of female rats repeatedly treated with cocaine

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1068-1075

  Souza, M F ^a   Toniazo, V M ^a   Frazzon, A P G ^b   Barros, H M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dorsolateral striatum; GAD mRNA; Prefrontal cortex; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; COCAINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 1; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DORSOLATERAL STRIATUM CORTEX; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 71049188128     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2009001100011     Document Type: Article

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