Expression of vesicular glutamate transporters, VGluT1 and VGluT2, in axon terminals of nociceptive primary afferent fibers in the superficial layers of the medullary and spinal dorsal horns of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 457, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 236-249

  Li, Jin Lian ^a   Fujiyama, Fumino ^b   Kaneko, Takeshi ^b,c   Mizuno, Noboru ^d  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamatergic neurons; Immunoelectron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Nociception; Spinal trigeminal nucleus pars caudalis; Substance P

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; PROTEIN; PROTEIN VGLUT1; PROTEIN VGLUT2; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE ENDING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 0037430122     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10556     Document Type: Article

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