Expression of gastrin-releasing peptide by excitatory interneurons in the mouse superficial dorsal horn

Molecular Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gutierrez Mecinas, Maria ^a   Watanabe, Masahiko ^b   Todd, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE; GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; NEUROMEDIN B; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PREPROTACHYKININ; PREPROTACHYKININ A; PREPROTACHYKININ B; PROTEIN KINASE C GAMMA; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROKININ A;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; ANIMAL; AXON; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; GASTRIN-RELEASING PEPTIDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROKININ A; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SOMATOSTATIN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 84923047903     PISSN: 17448069     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-10-79     Document Type: Article

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