Endomorphin-like immunoreactivity in the rat dorsal horn and inhibition of substantia gelatinosa neurons in vitro

Neuroscience

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 317-321

  Wu, S Y ^a   Dun, S L ^a   Wright, M T ^a   Chang, J K ^a,b   Dun, N J ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b PHOENIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn neurons; Endomorphin; Opioid peptide; Primary afferent transmission

Indexed keywords

BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; ENDOMORPHIN 1;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NALTREXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

EID: 0033103146     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00570-3     Document Type: Article

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