Lamina I NK1 expressing projection neurones are functional in early postnatal rats and contribute to the setting up of adult mechanical sensory thresholds

Molecular Pain

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Man, Sharon H W ^a   Géranton, Sandrine M ^a   Hunt, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

c fos; Formalin; Lamina 1; Mechanical sensory thresholds; NK1; Parabrachial nucleus; Postnatal rat; Projection neurones; Substance P saporin

Indexed keywords

NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; SAPORIN; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROGOLD RETROGRADE TRACING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECHANICAL SENSORY THRESHOLD; NERVE PROJECTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RIBOSOME INACTIVATING PROTEINS, TYPE 1; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SUBSTANCE P; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84862203803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-8-35     Document Type: Article

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