Administration of a delta opioid receptor agonist KNT-127 to the basolateral amygdala has robust anxiolytic-like effects in rats

Rationale We previously reported that systemic administration of a selective delta opioid receptor (DOP) agonist, KNT-127, produced potent anxiolytic-like effects in rats. Interestingly, DOPs are highly distributed in the basolateral region of the amygdala (BLA).