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May 10, 2025, Filed Under: 2015

Knockdown of ventral tegmental area mu-opioid receptors in rats prevents effects of social defeat stress: implications for amphetamine cross-sensitization, social avoidance, weight regulation and expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor

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Caitlin E. Johnston, Daniel J. Herschel, Amy W. Lasek, Ronald P. Hammer, and Ella M. Nikulina. “Knockdown of ventral tegmental area mu-opioid receptors in rats prevents effects of social defeat stress: implications for amphetamine cross-sensitization, social avoidance, weight regulation and expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.” Neuropharmacology, 89, Pp. 325–334.

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