Behavioral and neurochemical characterization of kratom (Mitragyna speciosa) extract

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-25

  Stolt, Anne Christin ^a   Schröder, Helmut ^a   Neurath, Hartmud ^b   Grecksch, Gisela ^a   Höllt, Volker ^a   Meyer, Markus R ^c   Maurer, Hans H ^c   Ziebolz, Nancy ^b   Havemann Reinecke, Ursula ^b,d   Becker, Axel ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Kratom; Locomotor activity; Mice; Pain threshold; Receptor binding; Shuttle box learning

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; APOMORPHIN; APOMORPHINE; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA EXTRACT; MITRAGYNINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NORBINALTORPHIMINE; PAYNANTHEINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CALIBRATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ELEVATED PLUS MAZE TEST; EMBRYO; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEARNING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDIAN EFFECTIVE CONCENTRATION; MITRAGYNA; MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PLANT LEAF; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; HEK293 CELLS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITRAGYNA; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLANT EXTRACTS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 84891835181     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-013-3201-y     Document Type: Article

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