Reduced TH-immunoreactive fibers in the limbic system of Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats

Brain Research

Volumn 924, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 242-251

  Casu, Maria Antonietta ^a   Colombo, Giancarlo ^b   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a,b   Pani, Luca ^a,b  

^a Neuroscienze PharmaNess Scarl   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal model; Drugs of abuse; Immunohistochemistry; Monoamine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBODY; DOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0037059602     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)03296-6     Document Type: Article

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