C-Fos-like immunoreactivity in the upper cervical spinal dorsal horn neurons following noxious chemical stimulation of the nasal mucosa in pentobarbital-anesthetized rats

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-87

  Takeda, Mamoru ^a   Matsumoto, Shigeji ^a   Tanimoto, Takeshi ^a  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APNEA; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COUGHING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; ONCOGENE C FOS; RAT; SNEEZING; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031978445     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.61.83     Document Type: Article

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