Locomotor activity to nicotine and Fos immunoreactivity in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus in adolescent socially-stressed rats

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-102

  McCormick, Cheryl M ^a   Ibrahim, F Njeri ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; c fos; Chronic stress; Locomotor activity; Locomotor sensitization; Nicotine; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STRESS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 33847016519     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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