Chronic morphine increases hippocampal acetylcholine release: Possible relevance in drug dependence

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 302, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 21-26

  Imperato, Assunta ^a,b   Obinu, M Carmen ^a   Casu, M Antonietta ^a   Mascia, M Stefania ^a   Carta, Giovanna ^a   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Dept Neurosci 'Bernard B Brodie' ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release, hippocampus; Dopamine receptor, sensitization; Morphine administration, acute and chronic

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; MORPHINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATALEPSY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SENSITIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEDATION; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0029980061     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00047-7     Document Type: Article

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