Naltrexone prevents ethanol-induced changes in rat thymus

Alcohol

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 533-537

  Budeč, Mirela ^a,b   Leposavić, Gordana ^a   Karapetrović, Branka ^a   Kosec, Duško ^a  

^a Immunology Research Center Belgrade   (Yugoslavia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Female rat; Thymocyte phenotype

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CD4 ANTIGEN; NALTREXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030296918     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(96)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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