Electron microscopic distribution of mu opioid receptors on noradrenergic neurons of the locus coeruleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 128-139

  Beaudet, Alain ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Extrasynaptic; Rat; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 METHIONINOL SULFOXIDE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OXIDOPAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GLIA CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; D-ALA(2),MEPHE(4),MET(0)-OL-ENKEPHALIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXIDOPAMINE; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYMPATHOLYTICS;

EID: 0031059717     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01361.x     Document Type: Article

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