CHRONIC ETHANOL ADMINISTRATION DECREASES BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR GENE-EXPRESSION IN THE RAT HIPPOCAMPUS

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MACLENNAN, AJ [1 ]
LEE, N [1 ]
WALKER, DW [1 ]
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[1] VET ADM MED CTR,GAINESVILLE,FL 32610
关键词
BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN-3; HIPPOCAMPUS; ETHANOL; MESSENGER-RNA;
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
We have previously demonstrated that chronic ethanol consumption decreases neurotrophic activity in hippocampal extracts, as assessed by a chick dorsal root ganglia bioassay, but has no effect on hippocampal NGF mRNA or NGF protein levels, We presently report that hippocampal mRNAs encoding neurotrophin-3 and basic fibroblast growth factor are also unaffected. However, in contrast, brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA is reliably decreased, thereby suggesting that ethanol-induced damage of the septohippocampal system may at least partially result from an ethanol-induced decrease in hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression.
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