Expression of c-fos in the rat brainstem after chronic intermittent hypoxia

Brain Research

Volumn 816, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 638-645

  Greenberg, Harly E ^a   Sica, Anthony L ^a   Scharf, Steven M ^a   Ruggiero, David A ^b,c  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c Neurological Research Institute of Lubec   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Intermittent hypoxia; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC DISEASE; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERIODICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033596516     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01222-0     Document Type: Article

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