Opiate disruption of maternal behavior: Morphine reduces, and naloxone restores, c-fos activity in the medial preoptic area of lactating rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 307-313

  Stafisso Sandoz, Graciela ^a   Polley, Daniel ^a   Holt, Elizabeth ^a   Lambert, Kelly G ^b   Kinsley, Craig Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

fosB; Image analysis; Immediate early genes; Immunocytochemistry; Opiate receptors; Parental behavior; Pro oncogenes

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENE DISRUPTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032006964     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00375-4     Document Type: Article

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