Abstract
Opiates and endogenous opioid peptides play an important role in reward-mediated behaviors, including self-stimulation. Two strains of rats, LC2-Hi and LC2-Lo, selectively bred for high vs. low rate of lateral hypothalamic self-stimulation, were employed in the present study. Quantitative autoradiography was performed on brains of adult male rats of each strain, using the μ opioid receptor agonist 3H-DAGO. Strain differences in receptor density were observed in the nucleus accumbens and in ventral areas of the hippocampus.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1093-1096 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physiology and Behavior |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 1992 |
Keywords
- Autoradiography
- Genetic strains
- H-DAGO
- Nucleus accumbens
- Reward
- Self-stimulation
- μ opioid receptors
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