Immunostaining for Homer reveals the majority of excitatory synapses in laminae I-III of the mouse spinal dorsal horn

Neuroscience

Volumn 329, Issue , 2016, Pages 171-181

  Gutierrez Mecinas, Maria ^a   Kuehn, Emily D ^c   Abraira, Victoria E ^c   Polgár, Erika ^a   Watanabe, Masahiko ^b   Todd, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Excitatory interneuron; Glutamatergic synapse; Pain; Primary afferent; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GEPHYRIN; PROTEIN HOMER; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR IONOTROPIC, AMPA 2; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMER SCAFFOLDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; VIAAT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; AXON; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPSE; TISSUE FIXATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METABOLISM; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMER SCAFFOLDING PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84970044528     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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