Central projections and entries of capsaicin-sensitive muscle afferents

Brain Research

Volumn 713, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 223-231

  Della Torre, Giovannella ^a   Lucchi, Maria Luisa ^b   Brunetti, Orazio ^a   Pettorossi, Vito Enrico ^a   Clavenzani, Paolo ^b   Bortolami, Ruggero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

capsaicin; dorsal root; III group afferent; IV group afferent; muscle ergoceptor; muscle nociceptor; neurokinins; oculomotor nerve; ventral root

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

EID: 0029928471     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01538-8     Document Type: Article

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