μ-opioid receptors present in vagal afferents and their dendritic targets in the medial nucleus tractus solitarius

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 422, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-190

  Aicher, Sue A ^a   Goldberg, Alla ^a   Sharma, Sarita ^a   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Opiate receptors; Vagus

Indexed keywords

MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; DENDRITES; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NODOSE GANGLION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0034717937     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000626)422:2<181::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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