Acute ethanol administration differentially modulates μ opioid receptors in the rat meso-accumbens and mesocortical pathways

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 148-156

  Méndez, Milagros ^a   Leriche, Mariana ^a   Calva, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alcohol brain reinforcement mechanism; Dopaminergic system; Endogenous opioid system; Mu opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; OPIATE RECEPTOR; TRITIUM;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FRONTAL CORTEX; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOLISM; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOPAMINE; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ETHANOL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; TRITIUM; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0035914192     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(01)00232-7     Document Type: Article

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