Cells in laminae III and IV of the rat spinal cord that possess the neurokinin-1 receptor and have dorsally directed dendrites receive a major synaptic input from tachykinin-containing primary afferents

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 5536-5548

  Naim, Magda ^a   Spike, Rosemary C ^a   Watt, Christine ^a   Shehab, Safa A S ^a   Todd, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Electron microscopy; Spinothalamic tract; Substance P; Substance P receptor; Tachykinins

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; TACHYKININ;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

EID: 0030839073     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-14-05536.1997     Document Type: Article

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