Localization of mu-opioid receptors to locus coeruleus-projecting neurons in the rostral medulla: Morphological substrates and synaptic organization

Synapse

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-167

  Van Bockstaele, Elisabeth J ^a   Saunders, Alishia ^a   Telegan, Patti ^a   Page, Michelle E ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Excitatory amino acid; Morphine; Noradrenaline; Opiate withdrawal

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GOLD; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LOCUS CERULEUS; LYSOSOME; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NARCOTICS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0032887964     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199911)34:2<154::AID-SYN8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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