Dysfunction of calcium/calmodulin/CaM kinase IIα cascades in the medial prefrontal cortex in post-traumatic stress disorder

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1140-1144

  Wen, Yu ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Han, Fang ^a   Wang, Enhua ^a   Shi, Yuxiu ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calmodulin; CaM kinase II ; Medial prefrontal cortex; Post traumatic stress disorder; Single prolonged stress

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 2 KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CALMODULIN; CELLS, CULTURED; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

RATTUS;

EID: 84866456929     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.1022     Document Type: Article

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