Acute alcohol administration stimulates the activity of hypothalamic neurons that express corticotropin-releasing factor and vasopressin

Brain Research

Volumn 726, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Rivier, Catherine ^a   Lee, Soon ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Alcohol; Corticotropin releasing factor; Hypothalamus; Rat; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN ANTAGONIST;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0030575304     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00301-0     Document Type: Article

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