Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide immunoreactivity in the rat spinal cord and medulla: Implication of sensory and autonomic functions

Neuroscience

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 677-686

  Dun, N J ^a   Miyazaki, T ^a   Tang, H ^a   Dun, E C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

brainstem; dorsal horn; intermediolateral cell column; PACAP; sensory ganglia

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY GANGLION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030218054     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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