Increased c-fos expression in spinal neurons induced by electrical stimulation of the ureter in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 709, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-204

  Matsumoto, Genichi ^a,b   Vizzard, Margaret A ^a   Hisamitsu, Tadashi ^b   De Groat, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afferent input; c fos; Electrical stimulation; Rat; Spinal cord; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; URETER;

EID: 0030032766     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01258-3     Document Type: Article

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