Functional analysis of opioid receptor subtypes in the ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus of the rat

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-159

  Zhang, Chunyi ^a,b   Pfaff, Donald W ^a   Kow, Lee Ming ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; hypothalamus; opioid receptor; rat; ventromedial nucleus; Met5 enkephalin; opioid receptor; opioid receptor; opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; ESTROGEN; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; METENKEPHALIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; NALTRINDOLE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030592144     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00293-2     Document Type: Article

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