Stress-induced activation of nitric oxide-producing neurons in the rat brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 509-519

  Krukoff, Teresa L ^a   Khalili, Panteha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

c fos; hypothalamus; stress; sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OPTIC LOBE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS;

EID: 0031020511     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970127)377:4<509::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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