Dorsal root ganglion neurones with dichotomising afferent fibres to both the lumbar disc and the groin skin

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 600-603

  Sameda, H ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Takahashi, K ^a   Chiba, T ^a   Ohtori, S ^a   Moriya, H ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; TRACER;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; INGUINAL REGION; INNERVATION; LUMBAR DISK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GROIN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0038779418     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B4.13306     Document Type: Article

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