Reversible decrease of dopamine D2 receptor density in the striatum of rats with acute hepatic failure

Brain Research

Volumn 900, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 143-145

  Waśkiewicz, Jolanta ^a   Frȩśko, Inez ^a   Lenkiewicz, Aleksandra ^a   Albrecht, Jan ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic failure; Dopamine D2 receptors; Hepatic encephalopathy; Striatum; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; SPIPERONE; THIOACETAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYMPTOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOWN-REGULATION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SPIPERONE; THIOACETAMIDE;

EID: 18844480308     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02280-6     Document Type: Article

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