Chronic morphine treatment alters NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic transmission in the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 9081-9089

  Martin, Gilles ^a   Ahmed, Serge H ^a   Blank, Thomas ^b   Spiess, Joachim ^b   Koob, George F ^a   Siggins, George R ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic morphine treatment; Electrophysiology; Kinetics; NMDA glutamate receptors; Phorbol ester; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPIATE ADDICTION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033570340     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-20-09081.1999     Document Type: Article

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