Effects of spinal cord injury on neurofilament immunoreactivity and capsaicin sensitivity in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating the urinary bladder

Neuroscience

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 633-643

  Yoshimura, N ^a   Erdman, S L ^a   Snider, M W ^a   De Groat, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Dorsal root ganglion; Neurofilament; Plasticity; Spinal cord injury; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER INNERVATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 0031906576     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00376-X     Document Type: Article

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