μ-Opioid and NMDA-type glutamate receptors are often colocalized in spiny neurons within patches of the caudate-putamen nucleus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 412, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 132-146

  Wang, Hong ^a   Gracy, K Noelle ^a   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual label immunocytochemistry; Excitatory neurotransmitter; Morphine tolerance; Opiate behavioral effects; Reward; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT; REWARD; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PUTAMEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 0033552067     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990913)412:1<132::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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