Immunocytochemical Localization of β2-Adrenergic Receptors in the Rat Spinal Cord and Their Spatial Relationships to Tyrosine Hydroxylase-immunoreactive Terminals

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 42433, 2004, Pages 175-183

  Mizukami, Tetsuya ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

capsaicin; dorsal horn; rat; spinal cord; tyrosine hydroxylase; 2 adrenergic receptor

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; CATECHOLAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROSCOPY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; SPINAL CORD; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 13444249884     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: 18812090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.51.175     Document Type: Article

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