Desensitization of Fos protein induction in rat striatum and nucleus accumbens following repeated administration of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol

Brain Research

Volumn 763, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-140

  Miyamoto, Akira ^a   Yamamoto, Tsuneyuki ^a   Ohno, Masuo ^a   Watanabe, Shigenori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

9 Tetrahydrocannabinol; Desensitization; Fos protein; Nucleus accumbens; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DRONABINOL; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 0030765691     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00500-3     Document Type: Article

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