Stress induces altered CRE/CREB pathway activity and BDNF expression in the hippocampus of glucocorticoid receptor-impaired mice

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1337-1346

  Alboni, Silvia ^a   Tascedda, Fabio ^a   Corsini, Daniela ^a   Benatti, Cristina ^a   Caggia, Federica ^a   Capone, Giacomo ^a   Barden, Nicholas ^b   Blom, Joan M C ^a   Brunello, Nicoletta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal models of depression; BDNF; CREB; HPA axis; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ACUTE RESTRAINT STRESS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BINDING AFFINITY; EXON; EXON IV; EXON IX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79954610156     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.01.050     Document Type: Article

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