Enkephalinergic afferents of the centromedial amygdala in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 496, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 859-876

  Poulin, Jean François ^a   Chevalier, Benoit ^a   Laforest, Sylvie ^a   Drolet, Guy ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Central nucleus of the amygdala; Cholera toxin subunit B; Enkephalin; Fluorogold; Medial nucleus of the amygdala; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; ENKEPHALIN; FLUOROGOLD; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; METENKEPHALIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; PREPROENKEPHALIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN CORTEX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STEREOTAXIS; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33646495967     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20956     Document Type: Article

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