Effect of acupuncture on naloxone-precipitated withdrawal syndrome in morphine-experienced rats: The mediation of GABA receptors

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 504, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-305

  Lee, Ji Hye ^a   Kim, Hee Young ^a   Jang, Eun Young ^a   Choi, Seong Hun ^a   Han, Chang Hyun ^b   Lee, Bong Hyo ^a   Yang, Chae Ha ^a  

^a Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Gamma aminobutyric acid receptor (GABA); Morphine withdrawal syndrome; Naloxone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 5,5 DIMETHYL 2 MORPHOLINEACETIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; SEROTONIN 7 RECEPTOR;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; DIARRHEA; GABA-A RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; GABA-B RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; MORPHOLINES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TREMOR;

EID: 82455188050     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.09.052     Document Type: Article

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