Evidence of synaptic contacts of nociceptive primary afferent central terminals on GABAergic interneurons in the substantia gelatinosa

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-60

  Hiura, Akio ^a   Nasu, Fumio ^a   Ishizuka, Hiroshi ^a   Kuwahara, Michiyo ^a   Ohta, Mika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; SENSORY NERVE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029932016     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.59.55     Document Type: Article

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