Attenuation of acute and chronic effects of morphine by the imidazoline receptor ligand 2-(2-benzofuranyl)-2-imidazoline in rat locus coeruleus neurons

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 494-500

  Ruiz Durántez, Eduardo ^a   Torrecilla, María ^a   Pineda, Joseba ^a   Ugedo, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extracellular single unit recording; Imidazoline receptor; In vitro tolerance; In vivo; Locus coeruleus; Opioid system

Indexed keywords

2 (2 BENZOFURANYL) 2 IMIDAZOLINE; IMIDAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLINE RECEPTOR; METENKEPHALIN; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; TRACIZOLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HYPERACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; MORPHINE TOLERANCE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; DRUG TOLERANCE; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIGANDS; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; STYRENES;

EID: 0037331173     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705052     Document Type: Article

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