Downregulation of μ-opioid receptor mRNA in the mediobasal hypothalamus of the female guinea pig following morphine treatment

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 129-132

  Ronnekleiv O K ^a   Bosch, M A ^a   Cunningham, M J ^a   Wagner, E J ^a   Grandy, D K ^a   Kelly, M J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Morphine; Ribonuclease protection assay; Thalamus; Tolerance; Opioid receptor mRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030604025     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)13033-0     Document Type: Article

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