Effects of Prenatal Morphine and Adult Estrogen Administration on μ-Opioid Inhibition of Norepinephrine Release from Hypothalamic Slices

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-68

  Vathy, Ilona ^a   Etgen, Anne M ^a,b  

^a Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Gonadal steroids; Opiates; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ESTROGEN; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN RELEASE; OVARIECTOMY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALINS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIECTOMY; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 0030063038     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126936     Document Type: Article

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