Dual ultrastructural immunocytochemical labeling of μ and δ opioid receptors in the superficial layers of the rat cervical spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 778, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 367-380

  Cheng, Peter Y ^a   Liu Chen, Lee Yuan ^b   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anatomy; Dorsal horn; Neurotransmitter; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ASTROCYTES; DENDRITES; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031578951     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00891-3     Document Type: Article

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