Immunolabeling of mu opioid receptors in the rat nucleus of the solitary tract: Extrasynaptic plasmalemmal localization and association with Leu5-enkephalin

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 371, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 522-536

  Cheng, P Y ^a   Liu Chen, L Y ^b   Chen, C ^b   Pickel, V M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; brainstem; cardiorespiratory; neurotransmitters; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SILVER STAINING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AXONS; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITES; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0029790029     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960805)371:4<522::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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