Effects of formalin pain on hippocampal c-Fos expression in male and female rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 797-802

  Ceccarelli, Ilaria ^a   Scaramuzzino, Andrea ^a   Aloisi, Anna Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

c Fos; Formalin test; Hippocampus; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0032760277     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00145-8     Document Type: Article

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