Neurokinin-1 receptor-expressing neurons that contain serotonin and gamma-aminobutyric acid in the rat rostroventromedial medulla are involved in pain processing

Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 778-792

  Chen, Tao ^a   Wang, Xiao Lin ^a,b   Qu, Juan ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Yanagawa, Yuchio ^c   Wu, Sheng Xi ^a   Li, Yun Qing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA; GAD67 GFP knock in mouse; neurokinin 1 receptor; rostroventromedial medulla; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN FOS; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS RAPHE OBSCURUS; NUCLEUS RAPHE PALLIDUS; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; ROSTROVENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

GABA; GAD67-GFP KNOCK-IN MOUSE; NEUROKININ-1 RECEPTOR; ROSTROVENTROMEDIAL MEDULLA; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CELL COUNT; DEXTRANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PAIN; RATS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SEROTONIN; STILBAMIDINES; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 84881144601     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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