Continued morphine modulation of calcium channel currents in acutely isolated locus coeruleus neurons from morphine-dependent rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1561-1569

  Connor, Mark ^a   Borgland, Stephanie L ^a   Christie, Macdonald J ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Locus coeruleus; Met enkephalin; Morphine; Opioid dependence; Opioid tolerance; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ION; CONOTOXIN; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLARGINYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METENKEPHALIN; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N,N DIALLYLTYROSYL 2 METHYLALANYL 2 METHYLALANYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCINE; NALOXONE; NIMODIPINE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; OPIATE AGONIST; SORBITAN ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

EID: 0032704860     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702922     Document Type: Article

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