Cellular and subcellular localization of CXCL12 and CXCR4 in rat nociceptive structures: Physiological relevance

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2619-2631

  Reaux Le Goazigo, Annabelle ^a,b   Rivat, Cyril ^a   Kitabgi, Patrick ^a   Pohl, Michel ^a   Melik Parsadaniantz, Stéphane ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

Author keywords

Chemokine receptors; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Mechanical hypersensitivity; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CHEMOKINE CXCL12; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CXCR4; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84865865940     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08179.x     Document Type: Article

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