Assessment of the involvement of central nervous system and peripheral opioid receptors in the immunomodulatory effects of acute morphine treatment in rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 626-636

  Fecho, Karamarie ^a   Maslonek, Kimberly A ^a   Dykstra, Linda A ^a   Lysle, Donald T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FISCHER 344 RAT; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPLEEN;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; IMMUNITY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SPLEEN;

EID: 0030087868     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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