Kappa opioid receptor density is consistent along the rostrocaudal axis of the female rat spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 905, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 236-239

  Harris, Jonathan A ^a   Drake, Carrie T ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous; Kappa; Nociception; Opiate; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTORS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; SACRUM; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0035968054     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02515-X     Document Type: Article

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