An association between the estrogen-dependent hypotensive effect of ethanol and an elevated brainstem c-jun mRNA in female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 912, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 79-88

  El Mas, Mahmoud M ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Brainstem; c jun mRNA; Estrogen; Ethanol; Ovariectomy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C JUN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN STEM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESTROGENS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPOTENSION; OVARIECTOMY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0035979860     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02727-5     Document Type: Article

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