Decreased expression of mineralocorticoid receptor mRNA and its splice variants in postmortem brain regions of patients with major depressive disorder

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 871-878

  Klok, Melanie D ^a   Alt, Simone R ^b,c   Irurzun Lafitte, Alicia J M ^a   Turner, Jonathan D ^b,c   Lakke, Egbert A J F ^d   Huitinga, Inge ^e   Muller, Claude P ^b,c   Zitman, Frans G ^d   Ronald de Kloet, E ^a   DeRijk, Roel H ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Public Health Laboratory Luxembourg   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain; Major depressive disorder; Mineralocorticoid receptor; MRNA expression; Splice variants

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN VARIANT;

EID: 79958767459     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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