Vanilloid receptor VR1-positive primary afferents are glutamatergic and contact spinal neurons that co-express neurokinin receptor NK1 and glutamate receptors

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-329

  Hwang, Se Jin ^a   Burette, Alain ^a   Rustioni, Aldo ^a   Valtschanoff, Juli G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 2 RECEPTOR; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, DRUG; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 5444251593     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEUR.0000044193.31523.a1     Document Type: Article

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