μ-Opioid and δ-opioid receptors are expressed in brainstem antinociceptive circuits: Studies using immunocytochemistry and retrograde tract-tracing

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 6490-6503

  Kalyuzhny, Alexander E ^a   Arvidsson, Ulf ^a,b   Wu, Wei ^a,c   Wessendorf, Martin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

antinociception; confocal microscopy; immunocytochemistry; pain; retrograde tract tracing; serotonin; opioid receptors; opioid receptors

Indexed keywords

DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 0029846914     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-20-06490.1996     Document Type: Article

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