Effect of one-week ethanol treatment on monoamine levels and dopaminergic receptors in rat striatum

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 503-509

  Vasconcelos, S M M ^a   Marcedo D S ^a   Lima, L O ^a   Sousa, F C F ^a   Fonteles, M M F ^a   Viana, G S B ^a  

^a Federal University of Ceará   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol ingestion; D1 and D2 receptor density; Dopamine; Kd; Noradrenaline; Rat striatum; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISSECTION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FEEDING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SCATCHARD PLOT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0038396222     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000400013     Document Type: Article

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