Substance P Receptor-like Immunoreactive Neurons in the Caudal Spinal Trigeminal Nucleus Send Axons to the Gelatinosus Thalamic Nucleus in the Rat

Journal of Brain Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-282

  Li, Yun Qing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus; Gelatinosus thalamic nucleus; Nociception; Rat; Substance p receptor

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXY 4,4' DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; 2-HYDROXY-4,4'-DIAMIDINOSTILBENE, METHANESULFONATE SALT; FLUORESCENT DYE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; STILBAMIDINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; AXONS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; STILBAMIDINES; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

EID: 0347091369     PISSN: 09448160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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