Chronic ethanol consumption impairs the circadian rhythm of pro-opiomelanocortin and period genes mRNA expression in the hypothalamus of the male rat

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1547-1554

  Chen, Cui Ping ^a   Kuhn, Peter ^a   Advis, Juan P ^a   Sarkar, Dipak K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Arcuate nuclei; Per genes; Pro opiomelanocortin; Rhythms; Suprachiasmatic nuclei

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; RPERIOD1 GENE; RPERIOD2 GENE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642337210     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.02300.x     Document Type: Article

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