Stereological analysis of galanin and CGRP synapses in the dorsal horn of neuropathic primates

Brain Research

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 16-25

  Carlton, Susan M ^a   Coggeshall, Richard E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP); Glial cell; Stereology; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GALANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029921433     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01303-2     Document Type: Article

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