Regulation of RGS proteins by chronic morphine in rat locus coeruleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 971-980

  Gold, Stephen J ^a   Han, Ming Hu ^a   Herman, Amy E ^a   Ni, Yan G ^b   Pudiak, Cindy M ^a   Aghajanian, George K ^c   Liu, Rong Jian ^c   Potts, Bryan W ^a   Mumby, Susanne M ^b   Nestler, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

opioid receptor; Opiate tolerance; RGS2; RGS4; Ubiquitination; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; RGS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MORPHINE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RGS PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0037356990     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02529.x     Document Type: Article

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