Distribution of α2-adrenoceptors in the human locus coeruleus

Brain Research

Volumn 741, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 263-274

  Klimek, Violetta ^a   Ordway, Gregory A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

125I p iodoclonidine; morphometry; neuromelanin; noradrenergic neuron; receptor autoradiography

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; IODINE 125; NEUROMELANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ADULT; AGED; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CLONIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2;

EID: 0030601979     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00937-7     Document Type: Article

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