Cortical and striatal μ-opioid receptors are altered by gonadal hormone treatment but not by prenatal morphine exposure in adult male and female rats

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-53

  Šlamberová, Romana ^a,b   Rimanóczy, Ágnes ^a,c   Schindler, Cheryl J ^a   Vathy, Ilona ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Cortex; Gonadal hormones; Prenatal morphine exposure; Striatum; Opioid receptors

Indexed keywords

DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY;

EID: 0142226889     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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