Neuronal nitric oxide synthase is an endogenous negative regulator of glucocorticoid receptor in the hippocampus

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1167-1172

  Liu, Meng Ying ^a   Zhu, Li Juan ^a   Zhou, Qi Gang ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depression; GR; Hippocampus; HPA axis; nNOS

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; 7-NITROINDAZOLE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NOS1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; 129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDAZOLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 84880917769     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-012-1213-8     Document Type: Article

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