Downregulation of mu opioid receptor by RNA interference in the ventral tegmental area reduces ethanol consumption in mice

Genes Brain & Behavior ◽

10.1111/j.1601-183x.2007.00303.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 6 (8) ◽

pp. 728-735 ◽

Author(s):

A. W. Lasek ◽

P. H. Janak ◽

L. He ◽

J. L. Whistler ◽

U. Heberlein

Keyword(s):

Rna Interference ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Opioid Receptor ◽

Ethanol Consumption ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

Mu Opioid ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Mu-Opioid Receptor Alkylation in the Ventral Pallidum and Ventral Tegmental Area, but not in the Nucleus Accumbens, Attenuates the Effects of Heroin on Cocaine Self-Administration in Rats

Neuropsychopharmacology ◽

10.1038/sj.npp.1301490 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 1171-1178 ◽

Author(s):

Thomas J Martin ◽

Michael Coller ◽

Conchita Co ◽

James E Smith

Keyword(s):

Nucleus Accumbens ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Opioid Receptor ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

Ventral Pallidum ◽

Self Administration ◽

Mu Opioid ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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General, kappa, delta and mu opioid receptor antagonists mediate feeding elicited by the GABA-B agonist baclofen in the ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens shell in rats: Reciprocal and regional interactions

Brain Research ◽

10.1016/j.brainres.2012.01.015 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1443 ◽

pp. 34-51 ◽

Author(s):

Patricia Miner ◽

Lyudmila Shimonova ◽

Arthur Khaimov ◽

Yaffa Borukhova ◽

Ester Ilyayeva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Nucleus Accumbens ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Opioid Receptor ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

Nucleus Accumbens Shell ◽

Receptor Antagonists ◽

Mu Opioid ◽

Opioid Receptor Antagonists ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Contingent and non-contingent effects of heroin on mu-opioid receptor-containing ventral tegmental area GABA neurons

Experimental Neurology ◽

10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.05.023 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 202 (1) ◽

pp. 139-151 ◽

Author(s):

S STEFFENSEN ◽

S STOBBS ◽

E COLAGO ◽

R LEE ◽

G KOOB ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Opioid Receptor ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

Mu Opioid ◽

Gaba Neurons ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Two delta opioid receptor subtypes are functional in single ventral tegmental area neurons, and can interact with the mu opioid receptor

Neuropharmacology ◽

10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.06.019 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 123 ◽

pp. 420-432 ◽

Author(s):

Elyssa B. Margolis ◽

Wakako Fujita ◽

Lakshmi A. Devi ◽

Howard L. Fields

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Opioid Receptor ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

Delta Opioid Receptor ◽

Receptor Subtypes ◽

Mu Opioid ◽

Opioid Receptor Subtypes ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Mu opioid receptor knockdown in the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area by synthetic small interfering RNA blocks the rewarding and locomotor effects of heroin

Neuroscience ◽

10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.09.039 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 158 (2) ◽

pp. 474-483 ◽

Author(s):

Y. Zhang ◽

M. Landthaler ◽

S.D. Schlussman ◽

V. Yuferov ◽

A. Ho ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Substantia Nigra ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Opioid Receptor ◽

Small Interfering Rna ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

Mu Opioid ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Interfering Rna

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Ethanol Consumption by Fawn-Hooded Rats Following Abstinence Effect of Naltrexone and Changes in mu-Opioid Receptor Density

Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research ◽

10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04218.x ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 1008-1014 ◽

Author(s):

Michael S. Cowen ◽

Amir H. Rezvani ◽

Bevyn Jarrott ◽

Andrew J. Lawrence

Keyword(s):

Opioid Receptor ◽

Ethanol Consumption ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

Receptor Density ◽

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Chronic Ethanol Consumption in Rats Produces Opioid Antinociceptive Tolerance through Inhibition of Mu Opioid Receptor Endocytosis

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0019372 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 6 (5) ◽

pp. e19372 ◽

Author(s):

Li He ◽

Jennifer L. Whistler

Keyword(s):

Opioid Receptor ◽

Ethanol Consumption ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

Chronic Ethanol ◽

Mu Opioid ◽

Receptor Endocytosis ◽

Chronic Ethanol Consumption ◽

Antinociceptive Tolerance

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Analysis of opioid receptor subtype antagonist effects upon mu opioid agonist-induced feeding elicited from the ventral tegmental area of rats

Brain Research ◽

10.1016/s0006-8993(01)03382-0 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 929 (1) ◽

pp. 96-100 ◽

Author(s):

Nicole Lamonte ◽

Joyce A. Echo ◽

Tsippa F. Ackerman ◽

Garrison Christian ◽

Richard J. Bodnar

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Opioid Receptor ◽

Receptor Subtype ◽

Opioid Agonist ◽

Mu Opioid ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Chronic ethanol consumption in rats produces opioid antinociceptive tolerance through inhibition of mu opioid receptor endocytosis.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.724176688.793534513 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Stanley H Weiss

Keyword(s):

Opioid Receptor ◽

Ethanol Consumption ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

Chronic Ethanol ◽

Mu Opioid ◽

Receptor Endocytosis ◽

Chronic Ethanol Consumption ◽

Antinociceptive Tolerance

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Effects of Mu Opioid Receptor Activation in Rat Hippocampal Slice

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e496622006-008 ◽

1988 ◽

Author(s):

Menahem Segal ◽

Keyword(s):

Opioid Receptor ◽

Hippocampal Slice ◽

Receptor Activation ◽

Mu Opioid Receptor ◽

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