Differences in the opioid system in selected brain regions of alcohol- preferring and alcohol-nonpreferring rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1296-1305

  Fadda, P ^a   Tronci, S ^a   Colombo, G ^b   Fratta, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Central nervous system; Opioid System; SNP rat; SP rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DYNORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; MESSENGER RNA; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032858154     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04350.x     Document Type: Article

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