Visualizing sensory transmission between dorsal root ganglion and dorsal horn neurons in co-culture with calcium imaging

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-54

  Ohshiro, Hiroyuki ^a   Ogawa, Shinji ^a   Shinjo, Katsuhiro ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ imaging; Co culture; Dorsal horn; DRG; High throughput screening; NMDA; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CAPSAICIN; FURA 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; GANGLIA, SPINAL; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34447537827     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.05.018     Document Type: Article

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