TPH2 in the ventral tegmental area of the male rat brain

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 376-380

  Carkaci Salli, Nurgul ^a   Salli, Ugur ^a   Kuntz Melcavage, Kara L ^a   Pennock, Michael M ^a   Ozgen, Hande ^b   Tekin, Izel ^b   Freeman, Willard M ^a   Vrana, Kent E ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Raphe; Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2); Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PINEAL BODY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79953067105     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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