Effects of morphine dependence and withdrawal on levels of neurosteroids in rat brain

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1285-1291

  Yan, Cai Zhen ^a   Hou, Yan Ning ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mass fragmentography; Morphine dependence; Steroids; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; MALE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 5444266644     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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