Study of morphine-induced dependence in gonadectomized male and female mice

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 604-609

  Sadeghi, Mahsa ^a   Sianati, Setareh ^a   Anaraki, Dina Kalbasi ^a   Ghasemi, Mehdi ^a   Paydar, Mehrak Javadi ^a   Sharif, Behrang ^a   Mehr, Shahram Ejtemaei ^a   Dehpour, Ahmad Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Mice; Morphine; Morphine dependence; Progesterone; Sex difference; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GONADECTOMY; JUMPING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAM PROCEDURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 58349121888     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2008.09.015     Document Type: Article

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