Enzymatic inactivation of enkephalin neurotransmitters in the spinal cord of the neonatal rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-267

  Suzuki, Hidenori ^a,b   Yanagisawa, Mitsuhiko ^a   Yoshioka, Koichi ^a   Hosoki, Rumiko ^a,c   Otsuka, Masanori ^a,d  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Nippon Zoki Pharmaceutical Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enkephalin; Inactivation; Neurotransmitter; Peptidase; Slow ventral root potential; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACTINONIN; ARPHAMENINE B; BESTATIN; CAPTOPRIL; ENKEPHALIN; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; METENKEPHALIN; NALOXONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; THIORPHAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; ENKEPHALINS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEPRILYSIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 0030960189     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)00052-7     Document Type: Article

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