An association between ethanol-evoked enhancement of c-jun gene expression in the nucleus tractus solitarius and the attenuation of baroreflexes

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1264-1272

  Wang, Xu ^a   Abdel Rahman, Abdel A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BRS; c jun; Ethanol; SHR; WKY

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C JUN; PROTEIN FOS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART RATE; HYPOTHESIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

ANIMALS; BAROREFLEX; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, JUN; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 4243114128     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000137299.04112.C2     Document Type: Article

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