Induction of Fos-like immunoreactivity in the hypothalamic, medullary and thoracic spinal cord neurons following middle cerebral artery occlusion in rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-153

  Wu, Yun Ping ^a   Ling, Eng Ang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

c fos; Cardiovascular regulation; Catecholamines; Focal cerebral ischaemia; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031883565     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)00116-8     Document Type: Article

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