The effect of intra-articular capsaicin on nerve fibres within the synovium of the rat knee joint

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-18

  Mapp, P I ^a   Kerslake, S ^a   Brain, S D ^b   Blake, D R ^a   Cambridge, H ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Inflammation; Neuropeptides; Sensory; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; EOSIN; GENE PRODUCT; HEMATOXYLIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INNERVATION; KNEE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNOVIUM;

EID: 0029982997     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(95)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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