Postmortem changes in the central nervous system and adrenal medulla of the heroin addicts

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1443-1449

  Li, Lihua ^a   Lu, Gang ^a,b   Yao, Hong ^a   Zhao, Yonghe ^a   Feng, Zhongtang ^a   Yew, David T ^b  

^a KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Basophil; Chromaffin granules; Heroin; Neurons; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BASOPHIL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CADAVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMAFFIN GRANULE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NISSL SUBSTANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADULT; BASOPHILS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID;

EID: 24744457069     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450590956549     Document Type: Article

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