A Quantitative Study of Inhibitory Interneurons in Laminae I-III of the Mouse Spinal Dorsal Horn

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Polgár, Erika ^a   Durrieux, Camille ^a   Hughes, David I ^a   Todd, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 2; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR SST2A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL LAMINA I; SPINAL LAMINA II; SPINAL LAMINA III; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 84886400458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078309     Document Type: Article

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