Enkephalin terminals form inhibitory-type synapses on neurons in the rat nucleus locus coeruleus that project to the medial prefrontal cortex

Neuroscience

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 429-442

  Van Bockstaele, E J ^a   Colago, E E O ^a   Pickel, V M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mu receptor; Norepinephrine; Opiate withdrawal; Opioid peptides; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030024980     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00432-7     Document Type: Article

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