Synaptic innervation of enkephalinergic neurons by axon terminals immunoreactive to dopamine-β-hydroxylase in the rat area postrema

Peptides

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1203-1206

  Guan, Jian Lian ^a   Wang, Qing Ping ^a   Nakai, Yasumitsu ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

area postrema; dopamine hydroxylase; double immunostaining; electron microscopy; enkephalinergic neuron; synapse

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ENKEPHALINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029995742     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(96)00186-6     Document Type: Article

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