Chronic individual housing-induced stress decreased expression of catecholamine biosynthetic enzyme genes and proteins in spleen of adult rats

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-269

  Gavrilovic, Ljubica ^a   Spasojevic, Natasa ^a   Dronjak, Sladjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Catecholamine synthesis; Catecholamines, plasma; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPLEEN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 77950125536     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000290042     Document Type: Article

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