Fos expression in spinothalamic and postsynaptic dorsal column neurons following noxious visceral and cutaneous stimuli

Pain

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 249-257

  Palecek, J ^a,b   Paleckova, V ^a   Willis, W D ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Myelotomy; Postsynaptic dorsal column; Spinothalamic tract; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; MARKER; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INJECTION; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINE; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 0038161202     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(03)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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