A low dose of lithium chloride selectively induces Fos protein in the central nucleus of the amygdala of rat brain

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 285-294

  Hamamura, Takashi ^a   Lee, Youmei ^a   Ohashi, Kazuyo ^a   Fujiwara, Yutaka ^b   Miki, Masahito ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Kuroda, Shigetoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Takaoka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Fos; Immediate early gene; Lithium; Mood stabilizer

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIMANIC AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0034144039     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(99)00092-5     Document Type: Article

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