N ω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester attenuates lithium-induced c-Fos, but not conditioned taste aversion, in rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 485-492

  Jahng, Jeong Won ^a   Lee, Jong Ho ^b   Lee, Seoul ^a   Lee, Joo Young ^a   Kim, Gun Tae ^a   Houpt, Thomas A ^c   Kim, Dong Goo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b School of Dentistry   (South Korea)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; Conditioned taste aversion; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Lithium chloride; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE METHYL ESTER; CORTICOSTERONE 21 ACETATE; LITHIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASTE AVERSION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORTICOSTERONE; DOWN-REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LITHIUM; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE;

EID: 9644268906     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2004.08.016     Document Type: Article

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