A quantitative investigation of the effects of neonatal capsaicin treatment on vagal afferent neurons in the rat

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 283, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-311

  Carobi, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Neuronal clustering; Neuronal number and size; Rat (Wistar); Vagal afferent neurons; Vagal ganglia

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAPSAICIN; CELL COUNT; DENERVATION; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROTOXINS; NODOSE GANGLION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0030033961     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050540     Document Type: Article

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