The 5-HT2A Receptor Is Widely Distributed in the Rat Spinal Cord and Mainly Localized at the Plasma Membrane of Postsynaptic Neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 472, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 496-511

  Doly, Stéphane ^a   Madeira, Alexandra ^a   Fischer, Jacqueline ^a   Brisorgueil, Marie Jeanne ^a   Daval, Genevieve ^a   Bernard, Rozenn ^a   Vergé, Daniel ^a   Conrath, Marie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; Locomotion; Nociception; Serotonin; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 1942484879     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20082     Document Type: Article

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