A-fiber sensory input induces neuronal cell death in the dorsal horn of the adult rat spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 435, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 276-282

  Coggeshall, Richard E ^a   Lekan, Helena A ^b   White, Fletcher A ^c   Woolf, Clifford J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

A fibers; Postsynaptic neuron death; Primary afferents; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCITATION; HISTOLOGY; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE SPROUTING; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STEREOMETRY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035797125     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1029     Document Type: Article

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