Open AccessA close neuroanatomical relationship between the enkephalinergic (methionine-enkephalin) and tachykininergic (substance P) systems in the alpaca diencephalon
Author(s) -
P. Terradillos Sánchez,
Manuel Lisardo Sánchez,
A. Mangas,
Luís Fuentes Aguilar,
Rafael Coveñas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
folia histochemica et cytobiologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1897-5631
pISSN - 0239-8508
DOI - 10.5603/fhc.a2020.0007
Subject(s) - diencephalon , thalamus , hypothalamus , enkephalin , cell bodies , endorphins , immunohistochemistry , neuropeptide , endocrinology , biology , substance p , medicine , met enkephalin , anatomy , central nervous system , chemistry , neuroscience , receptor , biochemistry , opioid
In the alpaca diencephalon, the distribution of immunoreactive cell bodies and fibers containing methionine-enkephalin (MET) or substance P (SP) has been studied.