Evidence for release of glutamic acid, aspartic acid and substance P but not γ-aminobutyric acid from primary afferent fibres in rat spinal cord

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 302, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Teoh, Hwee ^a   Malcangio, Marzia ^a   Fowler, Leslie J ^a   Bowery, Norman G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; capsaicin treatment, neonatal; GABA(B) receptor; Glutamate receptor; Substance P; Superfusion

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CAPSAICIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; SUBSTANCE P;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

EID: 0030006859     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(96)00052-0     Document Type: Article

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