Combined c-fos and14C-2-deoxyglucose method to differentiate site-specific excitation from disinhibition: Analysis of maternal behavior in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 859, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 262-272

  Komisaruk, Barry R ^a   Rosenblatt, Jay S ^a   Barona, Maria Luz ^b   Chinapen, Sandra ^a   Nissanov, Jonathan ^c   O'Bannon III, Robert T ^a   Johnson, Byron M ^a   Del Cerro, Maria Cruz Rodriguez ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos 2DG joint analysis; Disinhibition; Maternal behavior; Parturition; Sensitization; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DEOXYGLUCOSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0034708546     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)01972-7     Document Type: Article

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