Large dorsal horn neurons which receive inputs from numerous substance P-like immunoreactive axon terminals in the laminae I and II of the chicken spinal cord

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-154

  Zhai, Xiu Yan ^a,b   Atsumi, Saoko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken; Dorsal horn; Neuron; Pain; Spinal cord; Spinothalamic tract cell; Substance P

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CHICKEN; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHICKENS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0030919528     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(97)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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