The total RNA of homogenized tissue from specific brain regions was isolated using the Trizol® method according to manufacturer’s instructions (GibcoBRL) and its concentration was determined using the nanodrop ND-1000 spectrophotometer followed by its quality and integrity measurement by electrophoresis on RNA 6000 LabChip® kit (Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer). The RNA was transcribed into the cDNA using the iScript cDNA Synthesis Kit (BioRad). The primer pairs used for RT-PCR are the same used previously for quantitative RT-PCR (Vogelgesang et al., 2017 (link)).
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