Active and passive MDMA ('ecstasy') intake induces differential transcriptional changes in the mouse brain

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-51

  Fernandez Castillo N ^a,b   Orejarena, M J ^c   Ribases M ^d   Blanco, E ^a   Casas, M ^d,e   Robledo, P ^c,f   Maldonado, R ^c   Cormand, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE ENFERMEDADES RARAS CIBERER   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Addiction; Ecstasy; Gene expression; MDMA; Mouse brain; Transcriptomics

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFLAMMATION; LEARNING; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HALLUCINOGENS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RAPHE NUCLEI; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

MUS;

EID: 84855731305     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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