Neuropeptides
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 413-420 , October 2010

Effects of acute ethanol administration on methionine–enkephalin expression and release in regions of the rat brain

  • M. Méndez

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Neuroquímica, Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Calzada México Xochimilco 101, Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, 14370 México D.F., Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +52 55 41 60 50 91; fax: +52 55 55 13 37 22.
    • ,
  • I.G. Barbosa-Luna

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Neuroquímica, Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Calzada México Xochimilco 101, Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, 14370 México D.F., Mexico
    • ,
  • J.M. Pérez-Luna

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Neuroquímica, Subdirección de Investigaciones Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente, Calzada México Xochimilco 101, Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, 14370 México D.F., Mexico
    • ,
  • A. Cupo

      Affiliations

    • Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université de Nice-Sophia-Antipolis, 660 Route des Lucioles, 06560 Valbonne, France
    • ,
  • J. Oikawa

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Farmacobiología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Calzada de los Tenorios 235, Col. Granjas-Coapa, 14330 México D.F., Mexico

Received 11 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 May 2010.

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Neuropeptides
Volume 44, Issue 5 , Pages 413-420 , October 2010

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