Substance P receptor (neurokinin-1)-expressing neurons in lamina I of the spinal cord encode for the intensity of noxious stimulation: A c-Fos study in rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-28

  Doyle, C A ^a   Hunt, S P ^a,b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Neurokinin 1 receptor; Nociception; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; FORMALDEHYDE; LIQUID PARAFFIN; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P; SUBSTANCE P RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; KNEE; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MYALGIA; NERVE CRUSH; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN INCISION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSTARD PLANT; NERVE CRUSH; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0033104153     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00276-0     Document Type: Article

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