Soma size distinguishes projection neurons from neurokinin 1 receptor-expressing interneurons in lamina I of the rat lumbar spinal dorsal horn

Neuroscience

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1794-1804

  Al Ghamdi, K S ^a   Polgar E ^a   Todd, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caudal ventrolateral medulla; interneuron; lateral parabrachial area; pyramidal cell; retrograde tracing; spinoparabrachial

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEURONS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1;

EID: 70449529722     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.09.071     Document Type: Article

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