Effects of an intrahypothalamic injection of antisense oligonucleotides for preproenkephalin mRNA in female rats: Evidence for opioid involvement in lordosis reflex

Brain Research

Volumn 777, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 60-68

  Nicot, Arnaud ^a,c   Ogawa, Sonoko ^a   Berman, Yemiliya ^b   Carr, Kenneth D ^b   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; Enkephalin; MRNA; Phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide; Sexual behavior; Ventromedial hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ESTRADIOL; FENTANYL CITRATE; HALOPERIDOL; MESSENGER RNA; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PREPROENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LORDOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; ENKEPHALINS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MICROINJECTIONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; OVARIECTOMY; POSTURE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; THIONUCLEOTIDES; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031589706     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00967-0     Document Type: Article

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