Maryam Rezaei
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
[ 1 ] - The modulating effect of glucocorticoids and opioid system on anxiety related behavior in young and adult rats
One of the main components of the stress system is hypothalamus- pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Acute activation of µ-opioid receptors increases the activity of the HPA axis, leading to release of ACTH and corticosterone. Glucocorticoids can change behaviors, depend on age but there were no evidences about the interaction between age, opioid system and glucocorticoids. In this experiment, ...
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