GABAergic neurons express μ-opioid receptors in the ventrolateral orbital cortex of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 382, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-268

  Huo, Fu Quan ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Li, Yun Qing ^b   Chen, Tao ^b   Han, Feng ^b   Tang, Jing Shi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Opioid receptor; Antinociception; GABAergic neuron; Immunofluorescence histochemistry; Rat; Ventrolateral orbital cortex

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR TYPE 1; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU;

EID: 19544394617     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.070     Document Type: Article

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