Chronic morphine treatment decreases acoustic startle response and prepulse inhibition in rats

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1356-1360

  Meng, Zhi Qiang ^a,c   Zhou, Dong Ming ^a,b   Wang, Jian Hong ^a   Ma, Yuan Ye ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

morphine treatment; prepulse inhibition; sensorimotor gating; startle response

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSORY GATING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STARTLE REFLEX; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE; MALE; MORPHINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY GATING; STARTLE REACTION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

RATTUS;

EID: 78249274266     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4077-2     Document Type: Article

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