Functional expression and axonal transport of α7 nAChRs by peptidergic nociceptors of rat dorsal root ganglion

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1885-1899

  Shelukhina, Irina ^a   Paddenberg, Renate ^b   Kummer, Wolfgang ^b   Tsetlin, Victor ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Nociception; Nociceptor; Sensory ganglia

Indexed keywords

1 (5 CHLORO 2,4 DIMETHOXYPHENYL) 3 (5 METHYL 3 ISOXAZOLYL)UREA; 4 CHLORO N (3 QUINUCLIDINYL)BENZAMIDE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ISOLECTIN B4; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CALCIUM; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LECTIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NICOTINIC AGENT; TRPV1 PROTEIN, RAT; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINERGIC AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; LECTINS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 84933179129     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0762-4     Document Type: Article

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