Lack of evidence for the μ-opioid receptor splice variant MOR1C in rats

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 517, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 452-458

  Schnell, Stephen A ^a   Wessendorf, Martin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Analgesia; Drug abuse; Nociception; Pain

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN MORC1C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 70350130003     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22175     Document Type: Article

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