Morphological and Physiological Features of a Set of Spinal Substantia Gelatinosa Neurons Defined by Green Fluorescent Protein Expression

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 836-842

  Hantman, Adam W ^a   Van Den Pol, Anthony N ^b   Perl, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C fiber; Dorsal horn; GABA; Nociception; Pain; Spinal; Substantia gelatinosa

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYSINE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

EID: 0742322859     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4221-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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