Sex differences in the response of postnatal rat lumbar lamina X neurons to exogenously applied galanin recorded in vitro

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-163

  Phelan, Kevin D ^a   Newton, Bruce W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracellular recording; Nociception; Pain; Sexual dimorphism; Slice preparation

Indexed keywords

GALANIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GALANIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034734293     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(00)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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