Effects of electroacupuncture on ethanol-induced impairments of spatial learning and memory and Fos expression in the hippocampus in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 576, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-67

  Lu, Bin ^a   Ma, Zhao ^a   Cheng, Fei ^a   Zhao, Yan ^a   Zhang, Xin ^a   Mao, Huijuan ^a   Shen, Xueyong ^a   Liu, Sheng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Electroacupuncture; Hippocampus; Learning and memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PROTEIN FOS; PROTEIN C FOS;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPATIAL LEARNING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ETHANOL; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY;

EID: 84902589512     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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