Distribution and immunocytochemical characterization of dorsal root ganglion neurons innervating the lumbar intervertebral disc in rats: A review

Life Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2627-2642

  Aoki, Yasuchika ^a   Takahashi, Yuzuru ^a   Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Moriya, Hideshige ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CGRP; Discogenic pain; Dorsal root ganglion (DRG); IB4; Immunohistochemistry; Intervertebral disc; Neurotracer; NGF; P2X3; Substance P; VR1

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ISOLECTIN B4; LECTIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PURINE P2X3 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE TRACT; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LECTINS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 1642360758     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2004.01.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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