Evidence for enkephalin immunoreactive neurons in the medulla oblongata projecting to the spinal cord
Neuroscience LettersPublished 1 September 1979
Tomas Hökfelt, Lars Terenius, H.G.J.M. Kuypers, Otto Dann
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Abstract
In the present study a method is used, with which retrograde tracing with the fluorescent dye 'True Blue' is combined with the indirect immunofluorescence technique for visualizing enkephalin-like immunoreactivity. Evidence is presented for the existence of an enkephalin immunoreactive system originating in the lower medulla oblongata and projecting to the spinal cord.
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