Projection field of primary afferent fibers innervating the ventral portion of the lumbar intervertebral disc in the spinal cord dorsal horn

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-99

  Takahashi, Yuzuru ^a,b   Aoki, Yasuchika ^b   Douya, Hideo ^b   Ohtori, Seiji ^b   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^b  

^a Department of Orthopedics   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Afferent fibers; Dorsal horn; Low back pain; Lumbar intervertebral disc; Projection field; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; INGUINAL REGION; INNERVATION; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THORACIC SPINE; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; COLON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN;

EID: 33744473316     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073X.2006.00137.x     Document Type: Article

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