Visualization of lamina I of the dorsal horn in live adult rat spinal cord slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-142

  Chéry, Nadège ^a   Yu, Xiao Hong ^a   De Koninck, Yves ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascending pathways; Confocal imaging; Gradient contrast; Marginal zone; Nociception; Parasagittal

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; BICUCULLINE; STRYCHNINE; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SLICE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PYRIDAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPINAL CORD; STRYCHNINE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0342470542     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(99)00195-8     Document Type: Article

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