Evidence for a Role of Nitric Oxide of the Central Nervous System in Morphine Abstinence Syndrome

Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-91

  Bhargava, Hemendra N ^a   Thorat, Sanjay N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphine withdrawal; Mouse; NG monomethyl L arginine; NG nitro L arginine; Naltrexone; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DERIVATIVE; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JUMPING; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030032420     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: 14230313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000139371     Document Type: Article

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