Activation of superficial dorsal horn neurons in the mouse by a PAR-2 agonist and 5-HT: Potential role in itch

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 6691-6699

  Akiyama, Tasuku ^a   Merrill, Austin W ^a   Carstens, Mirela Lodi ^a   Carstens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; CAPSAICIN; PENTOBARBITAL; PROTEIN FOS; PROTEINASE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2 AGONIST; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STAINING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRURITUS; RECEPTOR, PAR-2; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 66249106714     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6103-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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