Effects of continuous versus intermittent ethanol exposure on rat sympathetic neurons

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1245-1250

  Riikonen, Jarno ^a   Jaatinen, Pia ^b   Karjala, Kirsi ^d   Rintala, Jyrki ^a   Pörsti, Ilkka ^b   Wu, Xiumin ^c   Eriksson, C J Peter ^e   Hervonen, Antti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Rat; Stereology; Sympathetic Ganglia; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032813252     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04285.x     Document Type: Article

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