Chronic exposure to ethanol alters neurotrophin content in the basal forebrain-cortex system in the mature rat: Effects on autocrine-paracrine mechanisms

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 490-498

  Miller, Michael W ^a   Mooney, Sandra M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Basal nucleus; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Nerve growth factor; Septal nucleus; Somatosensory cortex

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL-INDUCED DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; ANIMALS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ETHANOL; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTROPHIN 3; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS;

EID: 3042811415     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20059     Document Type: Article

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