Intraaxonal injection of neurobiotin reveals the long-ranging projections of Aβ-hair follicle afferent fibers to the cat dorsal horn

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 242-254

  Wilson, P ^a,c   Kitchener, P D ^a,b   Snow, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN DERIVATIVE; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; N (2 AMINOETHYL)BIOTINAMIDE; NEUROBIOTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; FINGER; HAIR FOLLICLE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0029954811     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.1.242     Document Type: Article

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