Pro-opiomelanocortin colocalizes with corticotropin- releasing factor in axon terminals of the noradrenergic nucleus locus coeruleus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2067-2077

  Reyes, Beverly A S ^a   Glaser, Julia D ^a   Magtoto, Ronaldo ^a   Van Bockstaele, Elisabeth J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

endorphin; Electron microscopy; Immunofluorescence; Rat; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ENKEPHALIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33646004881     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04744.x     Document Type: Article

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