A contribution of neurokinin-1 receptor to formalin-induced c-fos expression in the rat spinal dorsal horn

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 105-108

  Tao, Yuan Xiang ^a   Wei, Feng ^a   Zhao, Zhi Qi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

C fos; dorsal horn; neurokinin 1 receptor; nociception; rat; spinal cord; substance P

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; L 668169; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR AGONIST; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 2542510138     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13300-0     Document Type: Article

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