Characterization of Wide Dynamic Range Neurons in the Deep Dorsal Horn of the Spinal Cord in Preprotachykinin-A Null Mice in Vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1945-1954

  Martin, William J ^a,b   Cao, YuQing ^a   Basbaum, Allan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NEUROKININ A; PREPROTACHYKININ; PREPROTACHYKININ A; SUBSTANCE P; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERNALIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEAT; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUSTARD PLANT; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NEUROKININ A; NEURONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININS;

EID: 16544367329     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00945.2003     Document Type: Article

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