A bi-directional μ-opioid-opioid connection between the nucleus of the accumbens shell and the central nucleus of the amygdala in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 1029, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 135-139

  Kim, Eun Mee ^a   Quinn, Joseph G ^a   Levine, Allen S ^b   O'Hare, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nucleus of the amygdala; DAMGO; Feeding; Naltrexone; Nucleus of the accumbens shell

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; NALTREXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; EATING; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 7944229514     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2004.10.001     Document Type: Article

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