Evidence for a μ-opioid-opioid connection between the paraventricular nucleus and ventral tegmental area in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 991, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 206-211

  Quinn, Joseph G ^a   O'Hare, Eugene ^a   Levine, Allen S ^b   Kim, Eun Mee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

DAMGO; Opioid; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; NALTREXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANNULA; CANNULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0142187113     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.08.020     Document Type: Article

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