Expression of μ-opioid receptor mRNA in the medial preoptic area of juvenile rats

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 269-276

  Gulledge, Cynthia C ^a   Mann, Phyllis E ^a   Bridges, Robert S ^a,b   Bialos, Michael ^b   Hammer Jr , Ronald P ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medial preoptic nucleus; Opioid; Parental behavior; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0033951567     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00184-4     Document Type: Article

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