δ-Opioid receptor immunoreactivity: Distribution in brainstem and spinal cord, and relationship to biogenic amines and enkephalin

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 1215-1235

  Arvidsson, Ulf ^a   Dado, Robert J ^a   Riedl, Maureen ^a   Lee, Jang Hern ^a   Law, Ping Y ^a   Loh, Horace H ^a   Elde, Robert ^a   Wessendorf, Martin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

5 hydroxytryptamine; coexistence; compartmentalization; dorsal horn; intermediolateral cell column; motoneurons; noradrenergic nuclei; opioid receptor; opioids; presynaptic receptor; raphe nuclei; tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; ENKEPHALIN; PRESYNAPTIC RECEPTOR; SIGMA OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0028985492     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.15-02-01215.1995     Document Type: Article

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