Increased c-fos expression in spinal lumbosacral projection neurons and preganglionic neurons after irritation of the lower urinary tract in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 834, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 55-65

  Birder, Lori A ^a   Roppolo, James R ^a   Erickson, Vickie L ^a   De Groat, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Interneuron; Nociception; Proto oncogene; Urinary bladder

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BRAIN STEM; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MICTURITION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PELVIC NERVE; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; PELVIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 0033542744     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01546-2     Document Type: Article

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