Local opioid withdrawal in rat single periaqueductal gray neurons in vitro

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7128-7136

  Chieng, Billy ^a,c   Christie, MacDonald J ^a,b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain slices; clonidine; drug dependence; morphine; naloxone; opiate withdrawal; periaqueductal gray

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029822432     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-22-07128.1996     Document Type: Article

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