Investigation of dichotomizing sensory nerve fibers projecting to the lumbar multifidus muscles and intervertebral disc or facet joint or sacroiliac joint in rats

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 557-562

  Umimura, Tomotaka ^a   Miyagi, Masayuki ^a   Ishikawa, Tetsuhiro ^a   Kamoda, Hiroto ^a   Wakai, Ken ^a   Sakuma, Takafumi ^a   Sakai, Ryo ^a   Kuniyoshi, Kazuki ^a   Ochiai, Nobuyasu ^a   Kishida, Shunji ^a   Nakamura, Junichi ^a   Eguchi, Yawara ^a   Iwakura, Nahoko ^a   Kenmoku, Tomonori ^a   Arai, Gen ^a   Orita, Sumihisa ^a   Suzuki, Miyako ^a   Sakuma, Yoshihiro ^a   Kubota, Gou ^a   Oikawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Inoue, Gen ^a   Aoki, Yasuchika ^b   Toyone, Tomoaki ^c   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   Ohtori, Seiji ^a   more..

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY SAKURA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

dichotomizing sensory nerve fi ber; facet joint; intervertebral disc; lumbar multifi dus muscles; sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

1,1' DIOCTADECYL 3,3,3',3' TETRAMETHYLINDOCARBOCYANINE; FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTOMIZING SENSORY NERVE FIBER; FACET JOINT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84859428645     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182293178     Document Type: Article

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