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Effects of delta opioid receptors activation on a response inhibition task in rats.

Katia K Befort, Megan K MK Mahoney, Carmen C Chow, Scott J SJ Hayton, Brigitte L BL Kieffer, and Mary C MC Olmstead

Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professio... 214(4):967-76 (2011) PMID 21181131

Response inhibition, a primary symptom of many psychiatric disorders, is mediated through a complex neuropharmacological network that involves dopamine, serotonin, glutamate, noradrenaline, and cannabinoid mechanisms. Recently, we identified an opioidergic contribution to response inhibition by showing that deletion of mu or delta opioid receptors in mice alters motor impulsivity.

DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-2108-0
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