The effects of estradiol and progesterone on pain sensitivity and brain opioid receptors in ovariectomized rats

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 244-250

  Gordon, Fran T ^a   Soliman, Magdi R I ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030250869     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.1996.0029     Document Type: Article

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