Preprodynorphin-like immunoreactivity in medullary dorsal horn neurons projecting to the thalamic regions in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 264, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 13-16

  Li, Jin Lian ^a   Li, Yun Qing ^a   Kaneko, Takeshi ^b   Mizuno, Noboru ^c  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C fos protein (Fos); Dynorphin; Medullary dorsal horn; Paratrigeminal nucleus; Preprodynorphin; Spinal trigeminal nucleus; Trigeminothalamic tract

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; PREPRODYNORPHIN; PRODYNORPHIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; DYNORPHINS; FORMALDEHYDE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIP; MALE; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

EID: 0033515851     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00132-9     Document Type: Article

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