Light and electron microscopic localization of calcitonin gene-related peptide immunoreactivity in lamina II of the feline trigeminal pars caudalis/medullary dorsal horn: a qualitative study

• Published in: Synapse (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 99
• Main Authors: Henry, M A, Nousek-Goebl, N A, Westrum, L E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.1993
• Subjects: Afferent Pathways - cytology; Afferent Pathways - ultrastructure; Animals; Axons - ultrastructure; Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide - analysis; Cats; Dendrites - ultrastructure; Immunohistochemistry; Microscopy, Immunoelectron; Nerve Fibers, Myelinated - ultrastructure; Synapses - ultrastructure; Trigeminal Nucleus, Spinal - cytology; Trigeminal Nucleus, Spinal - ultrastructure

Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a neuropeptide that is associated with a subset of primary afferent fibers and appears to have a role in nociception. The purpose of the present study was to perform a qualitative light, and especially electron microscopic (LM and EM), examination of CGRP-im...