The effects of gonadal hormones on the development and expression of the stimulant effects of morphine in male and female rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 89-98

  Stewart, Jane ^a   Rodaros, Demetra ^a  

^a Dept Psychol Concordia U ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Female rats; Locomotor activity; Male rats; Morphine; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BRAIN; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032972822     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00002-9     Document Type: Article

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