Dexamethasone attenuates by colchicine induced Fos expression in the rat deep cerebellar and vestibular nuclei

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 431-444

  Pirnik, Zdeno ^a   Kiss, Alexander ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cerebellar and vestibular nuclei; Colchicine; Dexamethasone; Fos immunoreactivity; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; COLCHICINE; DEXAMETHASONE; PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CELL STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; COLCHICINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036705113     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021063621526     Document Type: Article

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