Ultrastructural changes in rat locus coeruleus induced by chronic opioids

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-115

  Miao, H ^a   Qin, B Y ^a   Yang, Y ^a   Chen, D H ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dihydroetorphine; Locus coeruleus; Morphine; Opioids; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROETORPHINE; MORPHINE; MYELIN; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOCUS CERULEUS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; POLYSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; ETORPHINE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MORPHINE; MYELIN SHEATH; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; NEURONS; POLYRIBOSOMES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0030816655     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050681     Document Type: Article

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