Sex-dependent effects of formalin and restraint on c-fos expression in the septum and hippocampus of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 951-958

  Aloisi, A M ^a   Zimmermann, M ^b   Herdegen, T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Formalin test; Immobilization stress; Inducible transcription factors; Limbic system; Male and female; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EMOTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031563772     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00270-4     Document Type: Article

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