Neurokinin 1 receptor expression by neurons in laminae I, III and IV of the rat spinal dorsal horn that project to the brainstem

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 689-700

  Todd, Andrew J ^a   McGill, Margaret M ^a   Shehab, Safa A S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dorsal reticular nucleus; Lateral reticular nucleus; NK1 receptor; Parabrachial nucleus; Periaqueductal grey matter; Substance P receptor

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; DENDRITE; HYPERALGESIA; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN STEM; CHOLERA TOXIN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0034052838     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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