The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 388-398 , April 2010

A Novel Method to Quantify Histochemical Changes Throughout the Mediolateral Axis of the Substantia Gelatinosa After Spared Nerve Injury: Characterization with TRPV1 and Substance P

  • Gregory Corder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky
    • ,
  • Andrew Siegel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • ,
  • Allison B. Intondi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • ,
  • Xing Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • ,
  • James E. Zadina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • SE Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans, Louisiana
    • ,
  • Bradley K. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Bradley K Taylor, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, Department of Physiology, Lexington, KY 40536-0298.

Received 12 June 2009 ,Revised 4 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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 Supported by grants R01NS45954, R21DA18732, and K02DA19656 to B.K.T., and the VA and ONR to J.E.Z.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00762-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.09.008

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 388-398 , April 2010

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