Activation and circuitry of uterine-cervix-related neurons in the lumbosacral dorsal root ganglia and spinal cord at parturition

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 875-889

  Puder, B A ^a   Papka, Raymond E ^a  

^a Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor ; Fos; PCREB; Retrograde tracing

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL COUNT; CERVIX UTERI; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 28544448393     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20690     Document Type: Article

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