Sites of renal pain processing in the rat spinal cord. A c-fos study using a percutaneous method to perform ureteral obstruction

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 60-66

  Avelino, António ^a   Cruz, Francisco ^a,b   Coimbra, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

C fos; Kidney; Pain; Rat; Spinal cord; Ureter

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; KIDNEY NERVE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; CELL COUNT; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031551974     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1838(97)00105-7     Document Type: Article

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