The effects of morphine self-administration on cortical pyramidal cell structure in addiction-prone lewis rats

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 238-249

  Ballesteros Yanez I ^a   Ambrosio, E ^b   Benavides Piccione, R ^a   Perez J ^b   Torres, I ^b   Miguens M ^b   Garcia Lecumberri C ^b   DeFelipe, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Lewis rat; Morphine; Pyramidal neuron; Self administration

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOQUINOLINES; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; MOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 33845768335     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhj142     Document Type: Article

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