Behavioral and cellular level changes in the aging somatosensory system

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1170, Issue , 2009, Pages 745-749

  Wang, Shuying ^a   Albers, Kathryn M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Biomedical Sciences Tower ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Artemin; Calcium imaging; Sensory neuron; Thermal and taste hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIN; CALCIUM; CAPSAICIN; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA 3; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL GANGLION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

MUS;

EID: 68649109843     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04011.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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