Endomorphin 1- and endomorphin 2-containing neurons in nucleus tractus solitarii send axons to the parabrachial nuclei in the rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 488-497

  Lü, Bo Chang ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Chen, Tao ^a   Huo, Fu Quan ^b   Zhang, Ting ^a   Li, Yun Qing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Endomorphin; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Parabrachial nuclei; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

ENDOMORPHIN 1; ENDOMORPHIN 2; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RHODAMINES; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; STAINING AND LABELING; VISCERAL AFFERENTS;

RATTUS;

EID: 65549103438     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20847     Document Type: Article

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