Estrogen modulation of Mu-opioid receptor-stimulated [35S]-GTP-gamma-S binding in female rat brain visualized by in vitro autoradiography

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 235-242

  Acosta Martinez, Maricedes ^a   Etgen, Anne M ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Caudate putamen; G proteins; Gonadal steroids; Opioid peptide antagonists; Opioid peptide receptors; Opioid peptides; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ESTROGEN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILM; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMAGING; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PUTAMEN; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0036971482     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065953     Document Type: Article

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