Sex differences in effects of opioid blockade on stress-induced freezing behavior

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-417

  Cousino Klein, Laura ^a   Popke, E Jon ^b   Grunberg, Neil E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Endogenous opioid peptides; Footshock; Freezing; Naloxone; Sex differences; Stress

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FREEZING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOKINESIA; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0344973661     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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