Spinal neurons activated in response to pudendal or pelvic nerve stimulation in female rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1197, Issue , 2008, Pages 106-114

  Wiedey, J ^a   Alexander, M Sipski ^b   Marson, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

c fos; Glutamate; NK1; Spinal interneurons; Urogenital

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUDENDAL NERVE; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PELVIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

RATTUS;

EID: 39149120816     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.12.071     Document Type: Article

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