Ethanol-induced c-Fos expression in catecholamine- and neuropeptide Y- producing neurons in rat brainstem

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 802-809

  Thiele, Todd E ^a   Cubero, Inmaculada ^c   Van Dijk, Gertjan ^b   Mediavilla, Cristina ^c   Bernstein, Ilene L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Box 351525 ^*

Author keywords

Alcohol; Locus Coeruleus; Neuropeptide Y; Norepinephrine; Ventrolateral Medulla

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CATECHOLAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033946061     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02059.x     Document Type: Article

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