Blockers of nitric oxide synthase inhibit stress activation of c-fos expression in neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 623-627

  Amir, S ^a   Rackover, M ^a   Funk, D ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fos immunohistochemistry; hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; immobilization stress; NADPH diaphorase; nitric oxide; rat

Indexed keywords

7 NITROINDAZOLE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031550615     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00590-8     Document Type: Letter

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