Sensory innervation of the thoracolumbar fascia in rats and humans

Neuroscience

Volumn 194, Issue , 2011, Pages 302-308

  Tesarz, J ^a   Hoheisel, U ^a   Wiedenhofer B ^b   Mense, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Low back pain; Nociception; Peptidergic free nerve endings; Sensory innervation; Thoracolumbar fascia

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; COLLAGEN FIBER; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIA; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; THORACOLUMBAR FASCIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BACK; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 80053119721     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.07.066     Document Type: Article

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