Agmatine modulates neuroadaptations of glutamate transmission in the nucleus accumbens of repeated morphine-treated rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 650, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 200-205

  Wang, Xiao Fei ^a   Wu, Ning ^a   Su, Rui Bin ^a   Lu, Xin Qiang ^a   Liu, Yin ^a   Li, Jin ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Agmatine; Extracellular glutamate; NMDA receptors; Opioid dependence

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; NALOXONE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGMATINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 78649720715     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.09.071     Document Type: Article

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