Modified neocortical and cerebellar protein expression and morphology in adult rats following prenatal inhibition of the kynurenine pathway

Brain Research

Volumn 1576, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-17

  Pisar, Mazura ^a   Forrest, Caroline M ^a   Khalil, Omari S ^a   McNair, Kara ^a   Vincenten, Maria C J ^a   Qasem, Susana ^a   Darlington, L Gail ^b   Stone, Trevor W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Ashtead Hospital the Warren   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doublecortin; GABA transport; Glutamate transport; Kynurenic acid; Kynurenines; Neurodevelopment; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIMETHOXY [N 4 (3 NITROPHENYL)THIAZOL 2YL]BENZENESULFONAMIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DISRUPTED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA 1 PROTEIN; DOUBLECORTIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID; KYNURENINE; KYNURENINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; RO 61-8048; SULFONAMIDE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOLOGY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DENDRITES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KYNURENINE; KYNURENINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFONAMIDES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THIAZOLES; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84926113824     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.06.016     Document Type: Article

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