Enrichment of the fraction of nociceptive neurones in cultures of primary sensory neurones

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 191-198

  Gilabert, Rosa ^a,b   McNaughton, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bradykinin; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Capsaicin; Dorsal root ganglion; Nociceptors; Pain; Substance P

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRADYKININ; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CALCIUM; CAPSAICIN; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0031001359     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00144-6     Document Type: Article

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