Enkephalin-containing neurons visualized in spinal cord cell cultures.
Neuronal cells, axons, and terminals containing immunoreactive enkephalin have been visualized in cultures of dissociated fetal spinal cord. These cultures may provide a valuable system in which to explore the effects of chronic drug treatment on the physiology of enkephalin-containing cells and their interactions with other cells.
D000818:Animals; D001369:Axons / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D004723:Endorphins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism*
D004723:Endorphins; D004745:Enkephalins