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A quantitative study of spinothalamic neurons in laminae I, III, and IV in lumbar and cervical segments of the rat spinal cord
Author(s) -
AlKhater Khulood M.,
Kerr Robert,
Todd Andrew J.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.21856
Subject(s) - spinal cord , spinothalamic tract , anatomy , biology , cholera toxin , thalamus , neuron , lumbar , confocal laser scanning microscopy , lumbar spinal cord , neuroscience , nociception , receptor , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics
Confocal laser scanning microscope image of a neurokinin 1 receptor‐expressing spinothalamic tract neuron in lamina III of the rat cervical spinal cord. The neuron, which is shown in a parasagittal section (dorsal to the top), contains cholera toxin B subunit (red) that was transported from the posterior triangular nucleus of the contralateral thalamus, and is outlined by immunoreactivity for the neurokinin 1 receptor (green). It has prominent dorsally directed dendrites that enter the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn. J. Comp. Neurol. 511:1–18, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.