<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-1MVBX8ZRJ9"></script><script>window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}gtag('js', new Date());gtag('config', 'G-1MVBX8ZRJ9');</script></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" vlink="#293A8B" link="#8897DB" alink="#cc0000"> <font face="Verdana", "Arial", "Helvetica"><font size=-1> <blockquote> <blockquote> <h3><center> <big> Gene expression analysis in the hippocampal formation of tree shrews chronically treated with cortisol </big> <br> <small>by<br> Alfonso J, Aguero F, Sanchez DO, Flugge G,<br> Fuchs E, Frasch AC, Pollevick GD.<br> Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnologicas, <br>Instituto Tecnologico de Chascomus-CONICET,<br> Universidad Nacional de General San Martin, <br>San Martin, Argentina. <br> <I> J Neurosci Res</I>. 2004 Dec 1;78(5):702-10. </small><br><br> ABSTRACT</h3></center><blockquote> <big><big>A</big></big>drenal corticosteroids influence the function of the hippocampus, the brain structure in which the highest expression of glucocorticoid receptors is found. Chronic high levels of cortisol elicited by stress or through exogenous administration can cause irreversible damage and cognitive deficits. In this study, we searched for genes expressed in the hippocampal formation after chronic cortisol treatment in male tree shrews. Animals were treated orally with cortisol for 28 days. At the end of the experiments, we generated two subtractive hippocampal hybridization libraries from which we sequenced 2,246 expressed sequenced tags (ESTs) potentially regulated by cortisol. To validate this approach further, we selected some of the candidate clones to measure mRNA expression levels in hippocampus using real-time PCR. We found that 66% of the sequences tested (10 of 15) were differentially represented between cortisol-treated and control animals. The complete set of clones was subjected to a bioinformatic analysis, which allowed classification of the ESTs into four different main categories: 1) known proteins or genes (approximately 28%), 2) ESTs previously published in the database (approximately 16%), 3) novel ESTs matching only the reference human or mouse genome (approximately 5%), and 4) sequences that do not match any public database (50%). Interestingly, the last category was the most abundant. Hybridization assays revealed that several of these clones are indeed expressed in hippocampal tissue from tree shrew, human, and/or rat. Therefore, we discovered an extensive inventory of new molecular targets in the hippocampus that serves as a reference for hippocampal transcriptional responses under various conditions. Finally, a detailed analysis of the genomic localization in human and mouse genomes revealed a survey of putative novel splicing variants for several genes of the nervous system. <P><br> <strong> </blockquote> <a href=cortisol-dhea.html>Cortisol/DHEA-S ratio</A><br> <a href=memory-depression.html>Stress, memory and depression</A><br> <a href=depression-anxiety.html>Tianeptine for anxious depressives</a><br> <a href=electrophysiology.html>Electrophysiological effects of tianeptine</A><br> <a href=comparisons.html>Antidepressant comparisons: SSRIs v tianeptine</A><BR> <a href=growth-hormone.html>Effect of tianeptine on growth hormone secretion</A><br> <p><p><center> <br> <center> <a href=refs/index.html>Refs</a><br></b> </strong>and further reading<P><b><b> <a href=index.html>HOME</a><br> <a href="https://www.hedweb.com/confile.htm">HedWeb</a><br> <a href="https://www.nootropic.com/">Nootropics</A><BR> <a href="https://www.cocaine.wiki/">cocaine.wiki</a><br> <a href="https://www.opioids.wiki/">Future Opioids</a><br> <a href="https://www.bltc.com/">BLTC Research</a><br> <a href="https://www.mdma.net/">MDMA/Ecstasy</A><BR> <a href="https://www.superhappiness.com/">Superhapiness?</A><br> <a href="https://www.general-anaesthesia.com/">Utopian Surgery?</A><BR> <a href="https://www.abolitionist.com/">The Abolitionist Project</A><BR> <a href="https://www.hedweb.com/hedab.htm">The Hedonistic Imperative</a><br> <a href="https://www.reproductive-revolution.com/">The Reproductive Revolution</A><BR> <a href="https://www.huxley.net/">Critique of Huxley's <I>Brave New World</I></A><BR><p><strong> <a href="https://www.biopsychiatry.com/"><img src=../swan.jpg width=100 height=92 border=0 alt="The Good Drug Guide"></a><br> <a href="https://www.biopsychiatry.com/">The Good Drug Guide</a></b><br></strong></b> The Responsible Parent's Guide <br>To Healthy Mood Boosters For All The Family<br> </center></blockquote></blockquote></font>