Sex-specific differences in the dynamics of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript and nesfatin-1 expressions in the midbrain of depressed suicide victims vs. controls

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
5815541	Neuropharmacology	2012	7 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº CART and nesfatin/NUCB2 colocalized in the human EWcp. âº EWcp-CART mRNA is higher in drug-free suicide victims vs. controls in both sexes. âº EWcp-NUCB2 mRNA content is higher in male suicides vs. controls. âº EWcp-NUCB2 mRNA content is lower in female suicide victims vs. controls.

Keywords

Nesfatin-1 Q-RT-PCR nucleobindin 2 Major depressive disorder Suicide Edinger-Westphal nucleus

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Sex-specific differences in the dynamics of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript and nesfatin-1 expressions in the midbrain of depressed suicide victims vs. controls

Authors

Bernard Bloem, Lu Xu, Ãva Morava, Gábor Faludi, Miklós Palkovits, Eric W. Roubos, Tamás Kozicz,