Opioids modulate cell division in the germinal zone of the late embryonic neocortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2711-2719

  Reznikov, Kyrill ^a   Hauser, Kurt F ^b   Nazarevskaja, Galina ^c   Trunova, Yulia ^c   Derjabin, Vasily ^c   Bakalkin, Georgy ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Cerebral cortex; Mouse; Naloxone; Opioid agonists

Indexed keywords

BREMAZOCINE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; LEUCINE; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO SERINE 6 THREONINE]; NALOXONE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MITOSIS INDEX; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BENZOMORPHANS; CELL DIVISION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; EMBRYO; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MITOTIC INDEX; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; NEOCORTEX; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 0032839648     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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