The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is postsynaptic to substance P- containing axon terminals in the rat superficial dorsal horn

Brain Research

Volumn 772, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 71-81

  Aicher, Sue A ^a   Sharma, Sarita ^a   Cheng, Peter Y ^a   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; NMDA receptor; Nociception; Pain; Primary afferent; Substance P

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; MALE; NEUROGLIA; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030859707     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00637-9     Document Type: Article

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