Localization of a metabotropic glutamate receptor, mGluR7, in axon terminals of presumed nociceptive, primary afferent fibers in the superficial layers of the spinal dorsal horn: An electron microscope study in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 153-156

  Li, He ^a   Ohishi, Hitoshi ^a   Kinoshita, Ayae ^a   Shigemoto, Ryuichi ^a   Nomura, Sakashi ^a   Mizuno, Noboru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dorsal horn; metabotropic glutamate receptor; mGluR7; nociception; pain; primary afferent; spinal cord; substantia gelatinosa

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; AXONS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031050960     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)13429-2     Document Type: Article

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