The influences of reproductive status and acute stress on the levels of phosphorylated mu opioid receptor immunoreactivity in rat hippocampus

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue AUG, 2010, Pages

  Gonzales, Keith L ^a   Chapleau, Jeanette D ^a   Pierce, Joseph P ^a   Kelter, David T ^a   Williams, Tanya J ^b,c   Torres Reveron, Annelyn ^d   McEwen, Bruce S ^c   Waters, Elizabeth M ^c   Milner, Teresa A ^a,c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Mossy fiber pathway; Opioids; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874208067     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00018     Document Type: Article

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