Peripheral axotomy induces increased expression of neurotensin in large neurons in rat lumbar dorsal root ganglia

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-369

  Zhang, X ^a   Bao, L ^a   Xu, Z Q ^a   Diez, M ^a   Frey, P ^b   Hokfelt T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nerve injury; Neuropeptide Y; Plasticity; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTENSIN; NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0029770634     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01062-0     Document Type: Article

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