Changes in synaptic populations in the spinal dorsal horn following a dorsal rhizotomy in the monkey

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-117

  Darian Smith, Corinna ^a   Hopkins, Stephanie ^b   Ralston III, Henry J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; Macaque; Spinal cord injury; Synaptic plasticity; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MACACA; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORELIMB; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOTOMY; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FORELIMB; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; MALE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RHIZOTOMY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 74049141433     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22216     Document Type: Article

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