Toluene and TCE decrease binding to mu-opioid receptors, but not to benzodiazepine and NMDA receptors in mouse brain

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1139, Issue , 2008, Pages 390-401

  Paez Martinez N ^a   Ambrosio, E ^b,c   Garcia Lecumberri C ^b   Rocha, L ^a   Montoya, G L ^b   Cruz, S L ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abused solvents; Analgesia; Autoradiography; Benzodiazepines; Hot plate; Inhalants; mu opioid receptors; NMDA; Pain; Receptor binding

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; CLONAZEPAM; DIZOCILPINE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; FLUNITRAZEPAM; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NALOXONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HOT PLATE TEST; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PUTAMEN; PYRIFORM CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 53549100490     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1432.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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