Effects of chronic ethanol treatment on monoamine levels in rat hippocampus and striatum

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1839-1846

  Vasconcelos, S M M ^a   Cavalcante, R A ^a   Aguiar, L M V ^a   Sousa, F C F ^a   Fonteles, M M F ^a   Viana, G S B ^a,b  

^a Federal University of Ceará   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Hippocampus; Noradrenaline; Serotonin; Striatum

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BRAIN MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 11844307219     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004001200009     Document Type: Article

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