Mapping of reinforcing and analgesic effects of the mu opioid agonist Endomorphin-1 in the ventral midbrain of the rat

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-312

  Jhou, Thomas C ^a,b   Xu, Sheng Ping ^a   Lee, Mary R ^a   Gallen, Courtney L ^a   Ikemoto, Satoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endomorphin; Habenula; Opioids; Pain; Reward; RMTg; TVTA

Indexed keywords

ENDOMORPHIN 1; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MUSCIMOL;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; MALE; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; ROSTROMEDIAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; SCORING SYSTEM; TEGMENTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GABA-A RECEPTOR AGONISTS; MALE; MUSCIMOL; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PAIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 84868208260     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2753-6     Document Type: Article

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