A quantitative and morphological study of projection neurons in lamina I of the rat lumbar spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2433-2448

  Spike, R C ^a   Puskar Z ^b   Andrew, D ^a   Todd, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Lateral parabrachial area; Neurokinin 1 receptor; Periaqueductal grey matter; Spinoparabrachial; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CELL COUNT; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0344442742     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02981.x     Document Type: Article

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