Morphological and functional characterization of cholinergic interneurons in the dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3139-3158

  Mesnage, Bruce ^a,b   Gaillard, Stéphane ^a   Godin, Antoine G ^c   Rodeau, Jean Luc ^a   Hammer, Matthieu ^a   von Engelhardt, Jakob ^d   Wiseman, Paul W ^c   de Koninck, Yves ^b   Schlichter, Rémy ^a   Cordero Erausquin, Matilde ^a  

^a Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg   (France)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Analgesia; ChAT GFP; DRG; GABA; Nitric oxide synthase; Nociception

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS;

EID: 80052792576     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22668     Document Type: Article

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