Regional study of spinal alpha 2-adrenoceptor densities after intraspinal noradrenergic-rich implants on adult rats bearing complete spinal cord transection or selective chemical noradrenergic denervation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-92

  Roudet, C ^a   Gimenez Y Ribotta, M ^b   Privat, A ^b   Feuerstein, C ^a   Savasta, M ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Noradrenaline; Quantitative autoradiography; Spinal cord; Transplantation; 3H Rauwolscine; 2 Adrenoceptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MALE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELLS, CULTURED; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRITIUM; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0029871785     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12547-7     Document Type: Article

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