Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and Bcl-2 expression in rat brain areas following chronic morphine treatment

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 528-533

  Yu, Huiping ^b   Hu, Hua ^a   Meng, Huaqing ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Fu, Yixiao ^a   Luo, Qinghua ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b People's Hospital of Leshan   (China)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Brain injury; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Morphine dependence; Neural regeneration; Substance withdrawal syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MORPHINE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 79955437616     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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