Opiate receptors modulate estrogen-induced cholecystokinin and tachykinin but not enkephalin messenger rna levels in the limbic system and hypothalamus

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 473-485

  Eckersell, C B ^a,b   Micevych, P E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

funaltrexamine; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Medial amygdala; Medial preoptic nucleus; Naltrexone; Naltrindole

Indexed keywords

BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; ENKEPHALIN; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; NALTRINDOLE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PREPROENKEPHALIN; PREPROTACHYKININ; SIGMA OPIATE RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLECYSTOKININ; ENKEPHALINS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER; TACHYKININS;

EID: 0030813374     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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