An ultrastructural study of calcitonin gene-related peptide- immunoreactive nerve fibers innervating the rat posterior longitudinal ligament: A morphologic basis for their possible efferent actions

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 1941-1947

  Imai, Shinji ^b   Konttinen, Yrjö T ^c   Tokunaga, Yoshimitsu ^c   Maeda, Toshihiro ^c   Hukuda, Sinsuke ^c   Santavirta, Seppo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Immunohistochemical electron microscopy; Peptidergic fiber; Posterior longitudinal ligament; Trophic action

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031418782     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199709010-00001     Document Type: Article

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