Effects of neonatal capsaicin administration on the numbers and volumes of neurons in left and right T10 dorsal root ganglia in the rat

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-169

  McCarthy, M ^a   Kent, C ^a   Mayhew, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; NEUROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; DRUG EFFECT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; STEREOLOGY; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CAPSAICIN; CELL COUNT; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033373048     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007080307737     Document Type: Article

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