Gabapentin completely attenuated the acute morphine induced c-Fos expression in the rat striatum

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-52

  Kazi, Jamil Ahsan ^a   Gee, Chen Fun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

c Fos; CNS; Gabapentin; Immunohistochemistry; Morphine; Rat; Striatum

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; MORPHINE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PEROXIDASE ANTIPEROXIDASE COMPLEX; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 34548837533     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-007-0007-6     Document Type: Article

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