Projection Neurons in Lamina I of Rat Spinal Cord with the Neurokinin 1 Receptor Are Selectively Innervated by Substance P-Containing Afferents and Respond to Noxious Stimulation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 4103-4113

  Todd, Andrew J ^a,c   Puskár, Zita ^a,b   Spike, Rosemary C ^a   Hughes, Catriona ^a   Watt, Christine ^a   Forrest, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

c Fos; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Confocal microscopy; Electron microscopy; Pain; Synapse

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; SUBSTANCE P; 2 HYDROXY 4,4' DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHOLERA TOXIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; STILBAMIDINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL COUNT; CHOLERA TOXIN; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0037095729     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-10-04103.2002     Document Type: Article

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