Morphine-induced locomotor response and Fos expression in rats are inhibited by acupuncture

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Bombi ^a   Shim, Insop ^b   Lee, Hyejung ^a   Yin, Chang Shik ^a   Park, Hun Kuk ^c   Yang, Jong Soo ^c   Hahm, Dae Hyun ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Fos; Locomotor activity; Morphine; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; PROTEIN FOS;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSITIZATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARCOTICS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 77949484257     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164109X12537002794444     Document Type: Article

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