Cocaine-induced Fos expression is detectable in the frontal cortex and striatum of rats under isoflurane but not α-chloralose anesthesia: Implications for FMRI

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-248

  Kufahl, Peter R ^a   Pentkowski, Nathan S ^a   Heintzelman, Krista ^a   Neisewander, Janet L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloralose; Anesthesia; c fos; Cocaine; Fos; Immediate early gene; Isoflurane

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE; COCAINE; ISOFLURANE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHLORALOSE; COCAINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOFLURANE; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 67649135836     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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