Release of endomorphin-2 like substances from the rat spinal cord

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-28

  Williams, C A ^a   Wu, S Y ^a   Dun, S L ^a   Kwok, E H ^a   Dun, N J ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; Endomorphin 2; Immobilized antibody; Microprobes; Mu opioid receptor agonist; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ENDOMORPHIN 2; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROANALYSIS; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032834128     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00613-8     Document Type: Article

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