Neurons in laminae III and IV of the rat spinal cord with the neurokinin-1 receptor receive few contacts from unmyelinated primary afferents which do not contain substance P

Neuroscience

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 903-908

  Sakamoto, H ^a   Spike, R C ^a   Todd, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Neurokinin 1 receptor; Pain; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENDRITE; MALE; MYELINATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DENDRITES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0032876841     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00346-2     Document Type: Article

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