Formalin-induced nociceptive behavior and c-Fos expression in middle-aged female rats

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-104

  Hagiwara, Hiroko ^a   Kimura, Fukuko ^a,b   Mitsushima, Dai ^a   Funabashi, Toshiya ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C Fos; Estrous cycle; Female; Formalin; Lateral septum; Middle age

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; PAIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FYN; RATS;

EID: 77950958731     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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