Nitric oxide synthase and glutamate receptor immunoreactivity in the rat spinal trigeminal neurons expressing Fos protein after formalin injection

Brain Research

Volumn 855, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-115

  Leong, Seng Kee ^a   Liu, Hai Ping ^a   Yeo, Jinn Fei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colocalisation; Immunohistochemistry; Nociception

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOCICEPTORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

EID: 0033978301     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02316-1     Document Type: Article

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