Ultrastructural localization of μ-opioid receptors in the superficial layers of the rat cervical spinal cord: Extrasynaptic localization and proximity to Leu5-enkephalin

Brain Research

Volumn 731, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 141-154

  Cheng, Peter Y ^a   Moriwaki, Akiyoshi ^b   Wang, Jia Bei ^b   Uhl, George R ^b   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Analgesia; Anatomy; Neurotransmitter; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030603111     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00492-1     Document Type: Article

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