Lesion of the ventral tegmental area amplifies stimulation-induced Fos expression in the rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 1320, Issue , 2010, Pages 95-105

  Majkutewicz, Irena ^a   Cecot, Tomasz ^a   Jerzemowska, Grazyna ^a   Myślińska, Dorota ^a   Plucińska, Karolina ^a   Trojniar, Weronika ^a   Wrona, Danuta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contralateral stimulation; Fos; Lesion; Rat; Ventral tegmental area (VTA)

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

RATTUS;

EID: 76749090479     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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