Identification of perineal sensory neurons activated by innocuous heat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-162

  Kiasalari, Zahra ^a,c   Salehi, Iman ^a   Zhong, Yu ^b,d   McMahon, Stephen B ^b   Michael Titus, Adina T ^a   Michael, Gregory J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d Neurobiology Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

C fiber; Dorsal root ganglion; Estrogen; Thermal responsiveness; TRPV1

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; NEURTURIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; TRPV1 PROTEIN, RAT; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; PERINEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SENSORY GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; THERMAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; BLADDER; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; HEAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCROTUM; SENSORY RECEPTOR; SPINAL GANGLION; THERMOREGULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HOT TEMPERATURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PERINEUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCROTUM; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; TRPV CATION CHANNELS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 77449140399     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22187     Document Type: Article

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