Frequent colocalization of mu opioid and NMDA-type glutamate receptors at postsynaptic sites in periaqueductal gray neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 408, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 549-559

  Commons, Kathryn G ^a,c   Van Bockstaele, Elisabeth J ^b   Pfaff, Donald W ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Central gray; Mesencephalon; Morphine; Tolerance; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

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

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DRUG TOLERANCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033553834     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990614)408:4<549::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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