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TRPV1-Like Immunoreactivity in the Human Locus K, a Distinct Subregion of the Cuneate Nucleus.

Marina Del Fiacco, Maria Pina Serra, Marianna Boi, Laura Poddighe, Roberto Demontis, Antonio Carai, Marina Quartu

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Article in Cells, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marina Del FiaccoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy. marina.delfiacco@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4104-4328
Maria Pina SerraDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy. mpserra@unica.it.ORCID 0000-0002-3343-7861
Marianna BoiDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy. marianna.boi@unica.it.
Laura PoddigheDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy. laura.poddighe@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-2142-8562
Roberto DemontisDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy. demrob@unica.it.
Antonio CaraiDepartment of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy. acarai@medicina.unica.it.
Marina QuartuDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria di Monserrato, 09042 Monserrato (CA), Italy. quartu@unica.it.ORCID 0000-0002-1884-3597
University of Cagliari · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The presence of transient receptor potential vanilloid type-1 receptor (TRPV1)-like immunoreactivity (LI), in the form of nerve fibres and terminals, is shown in a set of discrete gray matter subregions placed in the territory of the human cuneate nucleus. We showed previously that those subregions share neurochemical and structural features with the protopathic nuclei and, after the ancient name of our town, collectively call them Locus Karalis, and briefly Locus K. TRPV1-LI in the Locus K is codistributed, though not perfectly overlapped, with that of the neuropeptides calcitonin gene-related peptide and substance P, the topography of the elements immunoreactive to the three markers, in relation to each other, reflecting that previously described in the caudal spinal trigeminal nucleus. Myelin stainings show that myelinated fibres, abundant in the cuneate, gracile and trigeminal magnocellular nuclei, are scarce in the Locus K as in the trigeminal substantia gelatinosa. Morphometric analysis shows that cell size and density of Locus K neurons are consistent with those of the trigeminal substantia gelatinosa and significantly different from those of the magnocellular trigeminal, solitary and dorsal column nuclei. We propose that Locus K is a special component of the human dorsal column nuclei. Its functional role remains to be determined, but TRPV1 appears to play a part in it.

Indexed as

calcitonin gene-related peptidecuneate nucleusdorsal column nucleihuman medulla oblongatasubstance PTRPV1

Identifiers

PMID29986526
PMCPMC6071077
OpenAlexW2864568196

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