Neuropeptides
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 51-58 , February 2007

The role of neuropeptide FF (NPFF) in the expression of sensitization to hyperlocomotor effect of morphine and ethanol

  • Jolanta Kotlinska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University, Staszica Str. 4, 20-081 Lublin, Poland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +48 81 5328927; fax: +48 81 5328903.
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  • Agnieszka Pachuta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacodynamics, Medical University, Staszica Str. 4, 20-081 Lublin, Poland
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  • Tomasz Dylag

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Chemistry and Regional Laboratory, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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  • Jerzy Silberring

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Chemistry and Regional Laboratory, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Received 26 May 2006 ,Accepted 15 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2006.09.048

Neuropeptides
Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 51-58 , February 2007