Up-regulation of μ-opioid receptors in the spinal cord of morphine-tolerant rats

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Ray, Subrata Basu ^a   Gupta, Himanshu ^a   Gupta, Yogendra Kumar ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Morphine; Tolerance; Up regulation; receptor

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

DRUG PRESCRIBING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG TOLERANCE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PAIN; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842579036     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02702561     Document Type: Article

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