Number, distribution and neuropeptide content of rat knee joint afferents

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 515-522

  Salo, Paul T ^a,b   Theriault, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Fluoro Gold; Sensory ganglia; Substance P

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; FLUOROGOLD; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNEE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STILBAMIDINES; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0030959112     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878296001902     Document Type: Article

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