An anatomical and immunohistochemical characterization of afferents innervating the C6-C7 facet joint after painful joint loading in the rat

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Kras, Jeffrey V ^a   Tanaka, Kosuke ^b   Gilliland, Taylor M ^a   Winkelstein, Beth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CGRP; DRG; Facet; Innervation; Joint; Neuron; Pain; Retrograde labeling

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NECK PAIN; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FORELIMB; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; NEURONS, AFFERENT; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84875609491     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318285b5bb     Document Type: Article

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