Effect of morphine on proenkephalin gene expression in the rat brain

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 349-356

  Yukhananov, Rustam Y ^a,b   Handa, Robert J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

C fos; Heteronuclear RNA; In situ hybridization; Intronic probe; Morphine; n. accumbens; Proenkephalin; Striatum

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PROENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONADECTOMY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MORPHINE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030959656     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00019-1     Document Type: Article

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