Expression of glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) mRNA in the brain of bile duct ligated rats serving as a model of hepatic encephalopathy

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 605-611

  Leke, Renata ^a   Silveira, Themis R ^a,b   Escobar, Thayssa D C ^a   Schousboe, Arne ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bile duct ligated rats; GABA; Gene expression; Glutamate decarboxylase; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN CORTEX; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84896732042     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1116-y     Document Type: Article

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