Endogenous opioids and hot flushes still hypothetical

Lancet

Volumn 367, Issue 9505, 2006, Pages 92-93

  Hanisch, Laura J ^a   Mao, Jun J ^a   Kodransky, Michael ^a   Coyne, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; NALOXONE; NORADRENALIN; OPIATE;

ANXIETY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN BRAIN LEVEL; NOTE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 30444454520     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)67940-3     Document Type: Note

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