Sex differences in delta opioid receptor immunoreactivity in rat medial amygdala

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 160-164

  Wilson, Marlene A ^a   Mascagni, Franco ^a   McDonald, Alexander J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Delta opioid receptors; Enkephalin; Mu opioid receptors; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; ENKEPHALIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STAINING; STRESS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REPRODUCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037047466     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00481-0     Document Type: Article

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