Increased voluntary ethanol consumption and c-Fos expression in selected brain areas induced by fear memory retrieval in ethanol withdrawn rats

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 568-581

  Bertotto, María Eugenia ^a   Bussolino, Daniela Fernanda ^a   Molina, Víctor Alejandro ^a   Martijena, Irene Delia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C Fos; Ethanol intake; Ethanol withdrawal; Fear conditioning; Memory retrieval

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLOSERINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DIET THERAPY; FEAR; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECALL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONDITIONING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMORY; METABOLISM; ONCOGENE; PSYCHOLOGY; WISTAR RAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHANOL; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; MALE; MEMORY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 77953961545     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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