A comparison of the effects of clonidine and CNQX infusion into the locus coeruleus and the amygdala on naloxone-precipitated opiate withdrawal in the rat

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-142

  Taylor, Jane R ^a   Punch, Laurie J ^a   Elsworth, John D ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Clonidine; CNQX; Intracerebral infusion; LC; Morphine; Naloxone; Opioid; Rat; ST 91; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0031821818     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050655     Document Type: Article

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