Heterogeneous presynaptic distribution of monoacylglycerol lipase, a multipotent regulator of nociceptive circuits in the mouse spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 419-434

  Horváth, Eszter ^a   Woodhams, Stephen G ^a   Nyilas, Rita ^a   Henstridge, Christopher M ^a   Kano, Masanobu ^b   Sakimura, Kenji ^c   Watanabe, Masahiko ^d   Katona, István ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocannabinoid; MAGL; Monoglyceride lipase; Pain; Prostaglandin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ISOLECTIN B4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ENDOCANNABINOID; MAGL; MONOGLYCERIDE LIPASE; PAIN; PROSTAGLANDIN;

ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASES; NOCICEPTION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84893383554     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12470     Document Type: Article

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