Chlordiazepoxide-induced expression of c-Fos in the central extended amygdala and other brain regions of the C57BL/6J and DBA/2J inbred mouse strains: Relationships to mechanisms of ethanol action

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1158-1172

  Hitzemann, Barbara ^a   Hitzemann, Robert ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; Central Nucleus; Chlordiazepoxide; Ethanol; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0032806262     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04273.x     Document Type: Article

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