Immunohistochemical demonstration of c-fos protein in neurons of the medulla oblongata of the musk shrew (Suncus murinus) after veratrine administration

Experimental Animals

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 19-25

  Ito, Hisao ^a   Nishibayashi, Mitsuru ^a   Kawabata, Keigo ^a   Maeda, Seishi ^a   Seki, Makoto ^a   Ebukuro, Susumu ^b  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

Author keywords

c fos; Central pattern generator; Suncus murinus; Veratrine; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUNCUS; SUNCUS MURINUS;

CEVADINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHREW; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SHREWS; VERATRINE; VOMITING;

EID: 0036358786     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.51.19     Document Type: Article

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