An immunohistochemical study of nerve structures in the anulus fibrosus of human normal lumbar intervertebral discs

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2075-2079

  Palmgren, Tove ^a   Grönblad, Mats ^a,b   Virri, Johanna ^a,b   Kääpä, Eeva ^c   Karaharju, Erkki ^a,b  

^a Thermo Fisher Scientific Oy   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Finnish Back Institute   (Finland)

Author keywords

Innervation; Low back pain; Normal disc

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; ADULT; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 0345363296     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199910150-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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