Non-peptidergic primary afferents are presynaptic to neurokinin-1 receptor immunoreactive lamina I projection neurons in rat spinal cord

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Pain-related (nociceptive) information is carried from the periphery to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord mostly by two populations of small diameter primary afferents, the peptidergic and the non-peptidergic. The peptidergic popula...

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Main Authors: Saeed Abeer W, Ribeiro-da-Silva Alfredo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-09-01
Series:Molecular Pain
Online Access:http://www.molecularpain.com/content/8/1/64