Ethanol-induced increase of agouti-related protein (AgRP) immunoreactivity in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus of C57BL/6J, but not 129/SvJ, inbred mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 693-701

  Cubero, Inmaculada ^a   Navarro, Montserrat ^b   Carvajal, Francisca ^a   Lerma Cabrera, Jose Manuel ^a   Thiele, Todd E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

MSH; 129 SvJ; AgRP; Arcuate Nucleus; C57BL 6J; Ethanol; Immunoreactivity; Medial Amygdala

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALCOHOL; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN;

129 MOUSE; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; ETHANOL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AGOUTI; ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77950006555     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01138.x     Document Type: Article

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