The degenerated lumbar intervertebral disc is innervated primarily by peptide-containing sensory nerve fibers in humans

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2418-2422

  Ozawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Inoue, Gen ^a   Aoki, Yasuchika ^a   Moriya, Hideshige ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Human intervertebral disc; Innervation; Isolectin B4; Pain

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; ISOLECTIN B4; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33749516681     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000239159.74211.9c     Document Type: Article

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