Superficial NK1-expressing neurons control spinal excitability through activation of descending pathways

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1319-1326

  Suzuki, Rie ^a   Morcuende, Sara ^a   Webber, Mark ^a   Hunt, Stephen P ^a   Dickenson, Anthony H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOTOXINS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN; RECEPTORS, SEROTONIN, 5-HT3; SEROTONIN ANTAGONISTS; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036899904     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn966     Document Type: Article

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