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  • Vankova, M. E., Weinger, M. B., Chen, D. Y., Bronson, J. B., Motis, V., Koob, G. F. Role of central mu, delta-1, and kappa-1 opioid receptors in opioid-induced muscle rigidity in the rat Anesthesiology  1996 85:574-583  DOI:10.1097/00000542-199609000-00017  PMID:8853088
  • Weinger, M. B., Chen, D. Y., Lin, T., Lau, C., Koob, G. F., Smith, N. T. A role for cns alpha-2-adrenergic receptors in opiate-induced muscle rigidity in the rat Brain Research  1995 669:10-18  DOI:10.1016/0006-8993(94)01216-5  PMID:7712151
  • Negus, S. S., Pasternak, G. W., Koob, G. F., Weinger, M. B. Antagonist effects of beta-funaltrexamine and naloxonazine on alfentanil-induced antinociception and muscle rigidity in the rat Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics  1993 264:739-745  PMID:8437122
  • Negus, S. S., Henriksen, S. J., Mattox, A., Pasternak, G. W., Portoghese, P. S., Takemori, A. E., Weinger, M. B., Koob, G. F. Effect of antagonists selective for mu-opioid, delta-opioid and kappa-opioid receptors on the reinforcing effects of heroin in rats Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics  1993 265:1245-1252  PMID:8389859
  • Weinger, M. B., Smith, N. T., Blasco, T. A., Koob, G. F. Brain sites mediating opiate-induced muscle rigidity in the rat - methylnaloxonium mapping study Brain Research  1991 544:181-190  DOI:10.1016/0006-8993(91)90052-w  PMID:2039935
  • Schroeder, R. L., Weinger, M. B., Vakassian, L., Koob, G. F. Methylnaloxonium diffuses out of the rat-brain more slowly than naloxone after direct intracerebral injection Neuroscience Letters  1991 121:173-177  DOI:10.1016/0304-3940(91)90678-m  PMID:2020373
  • Weinger, M. B., Schreiber, J. F., Koob, G. F. Effects of 2 benzodiazepine inverse agonists, ro-15-4513 and fg-7142, on recovery from pentobarbital and halothane anesthesia in the rat Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior  1990 35:889-895  DOI:10.1016/0091-3057(90)90376-s  PMID:2111915
  • Weinger, M. B., Cline, E. J., Smith, N. T., Blasco, T. A., Koob, G. F. Localization of brain-stem sites which mediate alfentanil-induced muscle rigidity in the rat Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior  1988 29:573-580  DOI:10.1016/0091-3057(88)90022-6  PMID:3129743
  • Weinger, M. B., Cline, E. J., Smith, N. T., Koob, G. F. Ketanserin pretreatment reverses alfentanil-induced muscle rigidity Anesthesiology  1987 67:348-354  DOI:10.1097/00000542-198709000-00012  PMID:3115150