Ultrastructural evidence for a pre- and postsynaptic localization of full-length trkB receptors in substantia gelatinosa (lamina II) of rat and mouse spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1951-1966

  Salio, Chiara ^a   Lossi, Laura ^a   Ferrini, Francesco ^a   Merighi, Adalberto ^a,b  

^a Department of Veterinary Morphophysiology ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF high affinity receptor; Dorsal horn; Electron microscopy; Nociception; Pain

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL COUNT; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SYNAPSES;

EID: 27644597445     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04392.x     Document Type: Article

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