title: Effects of nicotine on neurogenesis and plasticity of hippocampal neurons.
abstract: To study nicotine's effects on neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus, nicotine was injected intraperitoneally into adult rats. After sacrificing, the hippocampal formation was processed for immunohistochemical staining of PSA-NCAM, NeuN and GFAP. Nicotine decreased numbers of PSA-NCAM(+) and NeuN(+) cells dose-dependently.
authors.affiliation: Hyogo University School of Health Sciences, Hyogo, Japan. ashingo@hyogo-dai.ac.jp
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shingo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D002452:Cell Count; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D039842:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011913:Rats, Inbred BB; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C492380:NeuN protein, mouse; D039842:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule L1; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012794:Sialic Acids; C103469:polysialyl neural cell adhesion molecule; D009538:Nicotine