Ethanol alters the concentration of Met-enkephalin in brain by affecting peptide transport system-1 independent of preproenkephalin mRNA

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-280

  Plotkin, Scott R ^a,b,c   Banks, William A ^a,b,c   Waguespack, Paul J ^a,b,c   Kastin, Abba J ^a,b,c  

^a Tulane Neurosci Interdisc Program   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; alcoholism; blood brain barrier; enkephalin; mRNA; transport

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METENKEPHALIN; PREPROENKEPHALIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030969699     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970501)48:3<273::AID-JNR10>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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