Widespread expression of the AMPA receptor GluR2 subunit at glutamatergic synapses in the rat spinal cord and phosphorylation of GluR1 in response to noxious stimulation revealed with an antigen-unmasking method

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 5766-5777

  Nagy, Gergely G ^a   Al Ayyan, Muna ^a   Andrew, David ^a   Fukaya, Masahiro ^b   Watanabe, Masahiro ^b   Todd, Andrew J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; CGRP; IB4; Immunocytochemistry; VGLUT1; VGLUT2

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; ANTIGEN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PEPSIN A; SERINE; SYNAPSE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN UNMASKING METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; GRAY MATTER; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE BOUTON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD LAMINA; SPINAL CORD LAMINA I; SPINAL CORD LAMINA II; SPINAL CORD LAMINA IV; SPINAL CORD LAMINA IX; SPINAL CORD LAMINA V; SYNAPSE; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAPSAICIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PEPSIN A; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 3042818669     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1237-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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