Regulation of cannabinoid and mu opioid receptors in rat lumbar spinal cord following neonatal capsaicin treatment

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Hohmann, Andrea G ^a   Herkenham, Miles ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; C fiber; Cannabinoid; Capsaicin; Mu opioid

Indexed keywords

4 (1,1 DIMETHYLHEPTYL) 1',2',3',4',5',6' HEXAHYDRO 2,3' DIHYDROXY 6' (3 HYDROXYPROPYL)BIPHENYL; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SENSORY NERVE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CAPSAICIN; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DOWN-REGULATION; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; ENKEPHALINS; FEMALE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SPINAL CORD; TRITIUM;

EID: 0344352495     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00534-5     Document Type: Article

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