Legal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 285-290 , November 2009

C-fos, fos-B, c-jun and dusp-1 expression in the mouse heart after single and repeated methamphetamine administration

  • Aya Matsuo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Forensic Pathology and Science, Unit of Social Medicine, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan
    • Forensic Science Laboratory, Nagasaki Prefectural Police Headquarters, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuya Ikematsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Forensic Pathology and Science, Unit of Social Medicine, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Division of Forensic Pathology and Science, Unit of Social Medicine, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan. Tel.: +81 95 819 7076; fax: +81 95 819 7078.
    • ,
  • Ichiro Nakasono

      Affiliations

    • Division of Forensic Pathology and Science, Unit of Social Medicine, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan

Received 27 July 2009 ,Revised 6 September 2009 ,Accepted 14 September 2009.

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PII: S1344-6223(09)00327-7

doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2009.09.002

Legal Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 285-290 , November 2009

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