Innervation of the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc by Nerve Growth Factor-Dependent Neurons Related to Inflammatory Pain

Tackling Pain at the Source: New Ideas about Nociceptors

1998 • 854 citations

Cytokines, nerve growth factor and inflammatory hyperalgesia: the contribution of tumour necrosis factor α

1997 • 667 citations

A Distinct Subgroup of Small DRG Cells Express GDNF Receptor Components and GDNF Is Protective for These Neurons after Nerve Injury

1998 • 617 citations

Intervertebral discs which cause low back pain secrete high levels of proinflammatory mediators

2002 • 603 citations

Potent Analgesic Effects of GDNF in Neuropathic Pain States

2000 • 506 citations

The nerve supply to the human lumbar intervertebral discs.

1981 • 443 citations

Nerve growth factor expression and innervation of the painful intervertebral disc

2002 • 443 citations

The biological effects of endogenous nerve growth factor on adult sensory neurons revealed by a trkA-IgG fusion molecule

1995 • 427 citations

Colocalization of NGF binding sites, trk mRNA, and low-affinity NGF receptor mRNA in primary sensory neurons: responses to injury and infusion of NGF

1992 • 346 citations

Selective neuronal glycoconjugate expression in sensory and autonomic ganglia: relation of lectin reactivity to peptide and enzyme markers

1990 • 340 citations

Sensory And Sympathetic Innervation Of The Vertebral Endplate In Patients With Degenerative Disc Disease

1997 • 293 citations

Presence or absence of TrKA protein distinguishes subsets of small sensory neurons with unique cytochemical characteristics and dorsal horn projections

1995 • 277 citations

Peripheral cell types contributing to the hyperalgesic action of nerve growth factor in inflammation

1996 • 232 citations

Sensitisation of visceral afferents by nerve growth factor in the adult rat

1996 • 220 citations

Mechanoreceptors in Intervertebral Discs

1995 • 216 citations

transganglionic transport and binding of the isolectin B4 from Griffonia simplicifolia I in rat primary sensory neurons

1994 • 180 citations

trkA, CGRP and IB4 expression in retrogradely labelled cutaneous and visceral primary sensory neurones in the rat

1996 • 175 citations

Sensory Innervation of the Dorsal Portion of the Lumbar Intervertebral Disc in Rats

1999 • 168 citations

Sensory Innervation to the Anterior Portion of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc

1996 • 108 citations

Immunohistochemical Demonstration of Sensory Nerve Fibers and Endings in Lumbar Intervertebral Discs of the Rat

1991 • 89 citations

Innervation of the Rabbit Lumbar Intervertebral Disc and Posterior Longitudinal Ligament

1995 • 70 citations

Long-Lasting Regulation of Galanin, Opioid, and Other Peptides in Dorsal Root Ganglia and Spinal Cord during Experimental Polyarthritis

2000 • 52 citations

Sensory innervation of the lateral portion of the lumbar intervertebral disc in rats

2004 • 37 citations