Development by environment interactions controlling tryptophan hydroxylase expression

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 219-226

  Hale, Matthew W ^a,b   Shekhar, Anantha ^c   Lowry, Christopher A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe nucleus; Serotonin; Tph1; Tph2; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIARYLPROPIONITRILE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 1; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN II;

ADULTHOOD; ANXIETY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; MICRODISSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DEPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79960106666     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2011.05.002     Document Type: Review

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