PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Coffield, JA
AU  - Miletic, V
AU  - Zimmermann, E
AU  - Hoffert, MJ
AU  - Brooks, BR
TI  - Demonstration of thyrotropin-releasing hormone immunoreactivity in neurons of the mouse spinal dorsal horn
AID  - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.06-04-01194.1986
DP  - 1986 Apr 01
TA  - The Journal of Neuroscience
PG  - 1194--1197
VI  - 6
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/6/4/1194.short
4100  - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/6/4/1194.full
SO  - J. Neurosci.1986 Apr 01; 6
AB  - Thyrotropin-releasing hormone-like immunoreactivity was demonstrated in neurons within the superficial laminae (I, II, III) of the mouse spinal dorsal horn by light-microscopic peroxidase immunocytochemistry. The immunoreactivity was distributed in a narrow dorsoventral band that enclosed the substantia gelatinosa (lamina II), with a higher concentration along the lamina II/III border. At present, the functional significance of these neurons is unknown. Their existence within the substantia gelatinosa suggests a role in sensory information processing.