The rewarding action of acute cocaine is reduced in ?-endorphin deficient but not in ? opioid receptor knockout mice.

Nguyen AT, Marquez P, Hamid A, Kieffer B, Friedman TC, Lutfy K. The rewarding action of acute cocaine is reduced in ?-endorphin deficient but not in ? opioid receptor knockout mice. Eur J Pharmacol. 2012 Jul 05; 686(1-3):50-4.

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subject areas

Animals
Behavior, Animal
beta-Endorphin
Cocaine
Conditioning, Operant
Male
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Morphine
Naltrexone
Narcotic Antagonists
Receptors, Opioid, mu
Reward

authors with profiles

Theodore C. Friedman, MD, PhD
Kabirullah Lutfy, PhD

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