Sensory and sympathetic innervation of the vertebral endplate in patients with degenerative disc disease

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-153

  Brown, M F ^a   Hukkanen, M V J ^a   McCarthy, I D ^a   Redfern, D R M ^a   Batten, J J ^a   Crock, H V ^a   Hughes, S P F ^a,b   Polak, J M ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CD31 ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BACKACHE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCELLOUS BONE; CARTILAGE; CHEMOTAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; VASCULARIZATION; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD31; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CARTILAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NOCICEPTORS; SUBSTANCE P; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 0031032889     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B1.6814     Document Type: Article

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