Somatotopic redistribution of c-fos expressing neurons in the superficial dorsal horn after peripheral nerve injury

Neuroscience

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 241-253

  Molander, C ^a,b   Hongpaisan, J ^a   Shortland, P ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Div Rehab Med Karolinska H   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

c fos; Nerve injury; Plasticity; Sensitization; Sprouting; Substantia gelatinosa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031915585     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00375-8     Document Type: Article

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