Opioid withdrawal activates MAP kinase in locus coeruleus neurons in morphine-dependent rats in vivo

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1196-1201

  Schulz, Stefan ^a   Höllt, Volker ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody; Dependence; Immunocytochemistry; MAPkinase; Opioid receptor; Opioids; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0031926703     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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