Nociceptin-like immunoreactivity in autonomic nuclei of the rat spinal cord

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 234, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 95-98

  Dun, N J ^a   Dun, S L ^a   Hwang, L L ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; Intermediolateral nucleus; Nociceptin; Opioid peptides; Orphanin FQ; Spinal autonomic nuclei

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030833210     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00666-6     Document Type: Article

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