C-fos expression as a molecular marker in corticotropin-releasing factor-induced seizures

Synapse

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-304

  Marrosu, Francesco ^a   Pinna, Annalisa ^a   Fadda, Paola ^a   Fratta, Walter ^a   Morelli, Micaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amygdala; CRF; Electroencephalography (EEG); Fos immunohistochemistry; Hippocampus; Seizures

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN MAPPING; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES;

EID: 0029905825     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199611)24:3<297::AID-SYN12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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