Changes of μ-opioid receptors and GABA in visual cortex of chronic morphine treated rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 428, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Li, Yanfei ^a,b   He, Lihua ^a   Chen, Qin ^b   Zhou, Yifeng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Opioid receptor; GABAergic neuron; Immunofluorescence histochemistry; Rat; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPRM1 PROTEIN, RAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; VISUAL CORTEX; ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 35448950292     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.041     Document Type: Article

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