Increase of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in the axonal fibers of the gracile nuclei of adult and aged rats after complete and partial sciatic nerve injuries

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-149

  Ma, Weiya ^a   Bisby, Mark A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axotomy; CGRP; Chronic constriction injury; Dorsal horn; Dorsal root ganglion; Gracile nucleus; Immunocytochemistry; Sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRACILE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0031847771     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6827     Document Type: Article

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