The anti-craving drug acamprosate reduces c-fos expression in rats undergoing ethanol withdrawal

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 317, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-48

  Putzke, Jörg ^a   Spanagel, Rainer ^a   Tölle, Thomas R ^a   Zieglgänsberger, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acamprosate; c fos mRNA; Cerebellum; Ethanol withdrawal; Hippocampus; In situ hybridization; Northern and dot blotting; Pentylenetetrazole

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBELLUM; CONVULSANTS; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PENTYLENETETRAZOLE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TAURINE;

EID: 18744422986     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(96)00696-6     Document Type: Article

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