The effect of ethanol exposure on mitogen-activated protein kinase activity and expression in cultured rat astrocytes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 341, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 91-94

  Smith, Thomas L ^a,b   Navratilova, Edita ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Ethanol; Mitogen activated protein kinase

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0037402614     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00179-4     Document Type: Article

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