Effects of methadone and morphine on c-Fos expression in the rat brain: Similarities and differences

Pharmacological Reports

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-124

  Taracha, Ewa ^a   Lehner, Małgorzata ^a   Wisłowska Stanek, Aleksandra ^b   Zienowicz, Małgorzata ^b   Maciejak, Piotr ^a,b   Bidziński, Andrzej ^a   Skórzewska, Anna ^a   Turzyńska, Danuta ^a   Płaźnik, Adam ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acute treatment; C Fos; Methadone; Morphine; Rats

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; MORPHINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; FOREBRAIN; GENE ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646188768     PISSN: 22995684     EISSN: 22995684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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