Yoshikawa Masanobu, Oka Tetsuo, Kawaguchi Mitsuru, Hashimoto Atsushi
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tokai University, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1143, Japan.
Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2004 Nov 24;131(1-2):141-4. doi: 10.1016/j.molbrainres.2004.08.017.
We have evaluated the effect of the systemic administration of MK-801 (0.4 mg/kg) on the gene expression of D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) in several brain areas of the rat. The levels of DAO mRNA in all the brain areas significantly increased and peaked at 4 h after the administration. The present results suggest that there is a link between the expression of DAO mRNA and the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor activity.