Characterization of the primary spinal afferent innervation of the mouse colon using retrograde labelling

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-124

  Robinson, D R ^a,b   Mcnaughton, P A ^a   Evans, M L ^b   Hicks, G A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Descending colon; Dorsal root ganglion; Immunohistochemistry; Primary spinal afferent; Retrograde labelling; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; PURINE P2X3 RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; COLON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; COLON; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LECTINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 1342310146     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.2003.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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