Lack of evidence for mu-opioid regulation of a socially mediated separation response

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 767-777

  Shair, Harry N ^a   Brunelli, Susan A ^b   Hofer, Myron A ^b  

^a Div of Developmental Psychobiology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Affiliation; Attachment; Isolation; Maternal potentiation; Morphine; Naltrexone; Opioids; Separation response; Ultrasonic vocalization

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VOCALIZATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 11844302230     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.09.019     Document Type: Article

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