Specific binding and characteristics of 18β-glycyrrhetinic acid in rat brain

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Mizoguchi, Kazushige ^a   Kanno, Hitomi ^a   Ikarashi, Yasushi ^a   Kase, Yoshio ^a  

^a TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE 1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; 18ALPHA-GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG BINDING SITE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; PUTAMEN; RAT; THALAMUS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 84899673129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095760     Document Type: Article

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