Alterations in opioid system of the rat brain after cat odor exposure

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 377, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-139

  Areda, Tarmo ^a   Kõks, Sulev ^a   Philips, Mari Anne ^a   Vasar, Eero ^a   Karis, Alar ^a   Asser, Toomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cat odor exposure; Exploratory behavior; Gene expression; Morphine; Pro opio melanocortin; Real time PCR; Opioid receptor

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 14644434348     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.11.083     Document Type: Article

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