Acute ethanol administration differentially modulates mu opioid receptors in the rat meso-accumbens and mesocortical pathways.

Méndez, M

Acute ethanol administration differentially modulates mu opioid receptors in the rat meso-accumbens and mesocortical pathways. [electronic resource] - Brain research. Molecular brain research Oct 2001 - 148-56 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0169-328X

10.1016/s0169-328x(01)00232-7 doi


Alcoholism--physiopathology
Analgesics, Opioid--metabolism
Animals
Autoradiography
Central Nervous System Depressants--blood
Cerebral Cortex--cytology
Dopamine--metabolism
Enkephalin, Ala(2)-MePhe(4)-Gly(5)---metabolism
Ethanol--blood
Limbic System--cytology
Male
Neural Pathways
Nucleus Accumbens--cytology
Opioid Peptides--metabolism
Radioligand Assay
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Receptors, Opioid, mu--metabolism
Tritium
Ventral Tegmental Area--cytology