Two populations of neurokinin 1 receptor-expressing projection neurons in lamina I of the rat spinal cord that differ in AMPA receptor subunit composition and density of excitatory synaptic input

Neuroscience

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1192-1204

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CGRP; Dorsal horn; Glutamatergic synapse; NK1 receptor; Pain; VGLUT2

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; NEURONS; PAIN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 77952547627     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.03.028     Document Type: Article

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