Differential distribution of α(2A) and α(2C) adrenergic receptor immunoreactivity in the rat spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 5928-5937

  Elde, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Capsaicin; Confocal; Dorsal rhizotomy; Immunohistochemistry; Noradrenaline; Rat; RG10; RG20; Spinal cord; Substance P; (2A); (2C); 2 adrenergic receptor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 2C ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SUBSTANCE P; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAPSAICIN; CELL LINE; DOGS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0032129192     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-15-05928.1998     Document Type: Article

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