Origins of endomorphin-2 immunopositive fibers and terminals in the spinal dorsal horn of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 422-430

  Hui, R ^a,b   Wang, W ^a   Chen, T ^a   Lu B C ^a   Li, H ^a   Zhang, T ^a   Wu, S X ^a   Li, Y Q ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Endomorphin; Immunohistochemistry; Primary afferent; Rat; Spinal dorsal horn

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; COLCHICINE; ENDOMORPHIN 2; TETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE ETHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; COLCHICINE; COLORING AGENTS; CORDOTOMY; DEXTRANS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOTOMY; RHODAMINES; SOLITARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 77953808925     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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