Mouse strain differences in locomotor, sensitisation and rewarding effect of heroin; Association with alterations in MOP-r activation and dopamine transporter binding

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 742-753

  Bailey, Alexis ^a   Metaxas, Athanasios ^a   Al Hasani, Ream ^a   Keyworth, Helen L ^a   Forster, Duncan M ^a   Kitchen, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; C57BL 6J; CPP; DBA 2J; Opioid

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR 35;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; LOCOMOTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REWARD; SENSITIZATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); HEROIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REWARD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76949085988     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07104.x     Document Type: Article

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