μ/δ Cooperativity and opposing κ-opioid effects in nucleus accumbens-mediated antinociception in the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 861-868

  Schmidt, Brian L ^a   Tambeli, Claudia H ^a,c   Levine, Jon D ^a,b   Gear, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

opioid receptor; opioid receptor; opioid receptor; Analgesia; Mesolimbic dopaminergic system; Pain

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLORNITHYLTHREONYLPENICILLAMINYLTHREONINAMIDE 2,7 DISULFIDE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; NALTRINDOLE; NORBINALTORPHIMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BENZENEACETAMIDES; CAPSAICIN; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALIN, D-PENICILLAMINE (2,5)-; MALE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REFLEX;

EID: 0036454334     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01915.x     Document Type: Article

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