Ethanol withdrawal activates nitric oxide-producing neurons in anxiety-related brain areas

Alcohol

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 641-652

  Bonassoli, Vivian Taciany ^a   Milani, Humberto ^a   de Oliveira, Rúbia Maria Weffort ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Ethanol withdrawal; Fos protein; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN FOS; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BRAIN; ETHANOL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80053262834     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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