Changes in CREB activation in the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus blunt ethanol-induced behavioral sensitization in adolescent mice

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Soares Simi, Sabrina L ^a   Pastrello, Daniel M ^a   Ferreira, Zulma S ^a   Yonamine, Mauricio ^a   Marcourakis, Tania ^a   Scavone, Cristoforo ^a   Camarini, Rosana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Behavioral sensitization; Creb; Emsa; Mice

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 84890514560     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00094     Document Type: Article

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