Sex differences in NMDA GluN1 plasticity in rostral ventrolateral medulla neurons containing corticotropin-releasing factor type 1 receptor following slow-pressor angiotensin II hypertension

Neuroscience

Volumn 307, Issue , 2015, Pages 83-97

  Van Kempen, T A ^a,b   Dodos, M ^a   Woods, C ^a   Marques Lopes, J ^a   Justice, N J ^d   Iadecola, C ^a,b   Pickel, V M ^a,b   Glass, M J ^a,b   Milner, T A ^a,b,c  

^a FEIL FAMILY BRAIN AND MIND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

C1 catecholaminergic neurons; Catecholamine; Electron microscopy; Hypertension; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Sympathoexcitatory neurons

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GPRIN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; STILBAMIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN REGION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ROSTRAL VENTROLATERAL MEDULLA; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STILBAMIDINES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84941038845     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.08.029     Document Type: Article

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