Topographical distributions of endomorphinergic pathways from nucleus tractus solitarii to periaqueductal gray in the rat

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-174

  Lv, Bo Chang ^a   Ji, Gen Lin ^b   Huo, Fu Quan ^c   Chen, Tao ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Li, Yun Qing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; Endomorphin; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Periaqueductal gray; Rat

Indexed keywords

ENDOMORPHIN 1; ENDOMORPHIN 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 76049122355     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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