A role for the periaqueductal grey in opioidergic inhibition of maternal behaviour

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 667-674

  Miranda Paiva, Cláudia M ^a   Ribeiro Barbosa, Erika R ^a   Canteras, Newton S ^a   Felicio, Luciano F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fos; Lactation; Morphine; PAG; Rat

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOGRAM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0042881194     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02794.x     Document Type: Article

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