Transcription factor Phox2 upregulates expression of norepinephrine transporter and dopamine β-hydroxylase in adult rat brains

Neuroscience

Volumn 192, Issue , 2011, Pages 37-53

  Fan, Y ^a,b   Huang, J ^c   Duffourc, M ^b   Kao, R L ^b   Ordway, G A ^b   Huang, R ^a   Zhu, M Y ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dopamine hydroxylase; Locus coeruleus; Neurogenesis; Noradrenergic neurons; Norepinephrine transporter; Phox2

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHOX2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHOX2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENTIVIRINAE; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT;

AGING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROGENESIS; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 80052268550     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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