Distribution of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1- and 2-activated neurons in the rat periaqueductal gray matter after noxious stimulation

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 460-465

  Gioia, Magda ^a   Moscheni, Claudia ^a   Gagliano, Nicoletta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extracellular signal regulated kinases 1 and 2; Immunohistochemistry; Nociception; Periaqueductal gray matter; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETIC ACID; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ETHER, ETHYL; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; URETHANE;

EID: 18244379838     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20188     Document Type: Article

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