Effects of alcohol administration during adulthood on parvalbumin and glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity in the rat cerebral cortex

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-289

  Udomuksorn, Wandee ^a   Mukem, Sirirak ^a   Kumarnsit, Ekkasit ^a   Vongvatcharanon, Surapong ^a   Vongvatcharanon, Uraporn ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brain atrophy; Cerebral cortex; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Parvalbumin; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; WATER;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; RAT; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ETHANOL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PARVALBUMINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79952009404     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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