Differential patterns of regional c-Fos induction in the rat brain by amphetamine and the novel wakefulness-promoting agent modafinil

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 95-98

  Engber, Thomas M ^a   Koury, Elizabeth J ^a   Dennis, Shelley A ^a   Miller, Matthew S ^a   Contreras, Patricia C ^a   Bhat, Ratan V ^b  

^a CEPHALON INC   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hypothalamus; Immediate early gene; Narcolepsy; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; MODAFINIL; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; FRONTAL CORTEX; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WAKEFULNESS;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032579408     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00962-2     Document Type: Article

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