Kappa opioid receptors in rat spinal cord vary across the estrous cycle

Brain Research

Volumn 861, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 168-172

  Chang, Peter C ^a   Aicher, Sue A ^a   Drake, Carrie T ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Gender; Pain; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS; FEMALE; PROESTRUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034616269     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02461-0     Document Type: Article

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