Origins of endomorphin-immunoreactive fibers and terminals in different columns of the periaqueductal gray in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 509, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-87

  Chen, Tao ^a   Hui, Rui ^a   Wang, Xiao Ling ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Dong, Yuan Xiang ^a   Li, Yun Qing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Immunofluorescence histochemistry; Opioid; Projection; Retrograde labeling

Indexed keywords

ENDOMORPHIN 1; ENDOMORPHIN 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SYNAPSES;

EID: 45349104279     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21728     Document Type: Article

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