Neuropeptides
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 225-232 , June 2010

Modulation of feeding and locomotion through mu and delta opioid receptor signaling in the nucleus accumbens

  • Yoshihiro Katsuura
    • ,
  • Sharif A. Taha

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Physiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, 420 Chipeta Way, Suite 1700, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, United States. Tel.: +1 801 585 6214.

Received 30 September 2009 ,Accepted 4 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2009.12.002

Neuropeptides
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 225-232 , June 2010

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