NR4A gene expression is dynamically regulated in the ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons and is related to expression of dopamine neurotransmission genes

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 545-553

  Eells, Jeffrey B ^a   Wilcots, Josiah ^a   Sisk, Scott ^a   Guo Ross, Shirley X ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine transporter; Laser capture microdissection; Nor1; Nr4a; Nur77; Nurr1; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; ETICLOPRIDE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HALOPERIDOL; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR4A3; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 1; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 4, GROUP A, MEMBER 2; RECEPTORS, STEROID; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

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EID: 84859150067     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-011-9642-z     Document Type: Article

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