Astrocytes are a neural target of morphine action via glucocorticoid receptor-dependent signaling

GLIA

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 623-635

  Slezak, Michal ^a   Korostynski, Michal ^a   Gieryk, Agnieszka ^a   Golda, Slawomir ^a   Dzbek, Jaroslaw ^a   Piechota, Marcin ^a   Wlazlo, Eliza ^a   Bilecki, Wiktor ^a   Przewlocki, Ryszard ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glia; Glucocorticoids; Opioid; Sgk1; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MORPHINE; PER1 PROTEIN; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE 4; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE TARGETING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MORPHINE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84873734436     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.22460     Document Type: Article

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