Enkephalin neurons that project to the A7 catecholamine cell group are located in nuclei that modulate nociception: Ventromedial medulla

Neuroscience

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 929-947

  Holden, J E ^a   Proudfit, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracer; Biotinylated dextran amine; FluoroGold; Nucleus reticularis gigantocellularis pars ; Raphe magnus; Retrograde tracer

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; ENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC STIMULATION; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032484504     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00437-5     Document Type: Article

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