Differential sensitivity of c-Fos expression in hippocampus and other brain regions to moderate and low doses of alcohol

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 32-43

  Ryabinin, A E ^a,c   Criado, J R ^a   Henriksen, S J ^b   Bloom, F E ^a   Wilson, M C ^b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nucleus of amygdala; Edinger Westphal nucleus; Ethanol; Hippocampus; Immediate early gene; Immunohistochemistry; Novel environment; Sprague Dawley rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BRAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030896873     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000206     Document Type: Article

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