Electroacupuncture inhibits ethanol-induced locomotor sensitization and alters homer1A mRNA expression in Mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1469-1475

  Dos Santos Jr , Jair Guilherme ^a,b   Filev, Renato ^b   Coelho, Carolina Tesone ^b   Yamamura, Ysao ^b   Mello, Luiz E ^b   Tabosa, Angela ^b  

^a FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Addiction; Electroacupuncture; Ethanol; Homer1A; Locomotor Sensitization; Mice

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN HOMER 1A;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECAPITATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; LOCOMOTOR SENSITIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 68149117370     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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