A dorsal root ganglion (or spinal ganglion; also known as a posterior root ganglion) is a cluster of neurons (a ganglion) in a dorsal root of a spinal...
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and travels to the dorsal root ganglion. Nerve fibres with the ventral root then combine to form a spinal nerve. The dorsal root transmits sensory information...
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ganglion (pl.: ganglia) is a group of neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system. In the somatic nervous system, this includes dorsal root ganglia...
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its body in the dorsal root ganglion. The action signal will continue along the central axon of the neuron through the posterior root, into the posterior...
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is located within a dorsal root ganglion. The axon leaves the cell body (and out of the dorsal root ganglion) into the dorsal root, where it splits into...
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pain or ataxia) due to destruction of nerve cell bodies in the dorsal root ganglion. The causes of nerve damage are grouped into categories including...
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are aggregated in a swelling in the dorsal root known as the dorsal root ganglion. All of the axons in the dorsal root, which contains afferent nerve fibers...
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spinal nerve and spinal blood vessels, and lodges a posterior (dorsal) root ganglion.: 425 Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebrae all have intervertebral...
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Tarlov cysts are defined as cysts formed within the nerve-root sheath at the dorsal root ganglion. The etiology of these cysts is not well understood; some...
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channels, from families with inherited erythromelalgia (IEM), make dorsal root ganglion (DRG, peripheral and sensory), neurons hyper excitable, thereby demonstrating...
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Percutaneous lumbar sympathectomy Repeated sympathetic nerve blocks Dorsal root ganglion stimulation Botox ROCK inhibitors Sexual Medicine Complex regional...
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in the treatment of pain. Procedures include neurectomy, cordotomy, dorsal root entry zone lesioning, and cingulotomy. Cutting through or removal of...
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Megavitamin-B6 syndrome is characterized mainly by degeneration of dorsal root ganglion axons and cell bodies, although it also affects the trigeminal ganglia...
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dividing cells along the dorsal ventral axis. Dorsal root ganglion neurons differentiate from neural crest progenitors. As the dorsal and ventral column cells...
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the nociceptive (pain) neurons at the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and trigeminal ganglion; and sympathetic ganglion neurons, which are part of the autonomic...
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The dorsal root or dorsal root ganglion (that carry mostly sensory signals) may be usefully targeted (called rhizotomy); with the dorsal root ganglion possibly...
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Finally, the signal continues along the dorsal root from the dorsal root ganglion to a region of gray matter in the dorsal horn of the spinal column where it...
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anterior and posterior root of the spinal nerve and its sensory ganglion (dorsal root ganglion). At the level of the lumbosacral enlargement, a relatively...
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largely expressed in small-diameter nociceptors of the dorsal root ganglion and trigeminal ganglion neurons, but is also found in intrinsic myenteric neurons...
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lie in the dorsal root ganglion. This information is then transmitted in axons up the spinal cord in spinal tracts, including the dorsal column-medial...
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cortex. Pseudounipolar neurons in the dorsal root ganglion have axons that lead from the skin into the dorsal spinal cord where they ascend or descend...
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the ganglia adjacent to the spinal cord (called the dorsal root ganglion) or the trigeminal ganglion in the base of the skull. Shingles occurs only in people...
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mechanism is still not known. Specifically, BDNF promotes survival of dorsal root ganglion neurons. Even when bound to a truncated TrkB, BDNF still shows growth...
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Ornithorhynchus anatinus, induces a calcium-dependent current in cultured dorsal root ganglion cells" (PDF). Journal of Neurophysiology. 85 (3): 1340–1345. doi:10...
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phenomenon dorsal dorsal cochlear nucleus dorsal column dorsal column nuclei dorsal funiculus dorsal horn dorsal root dorsal root ganglion dorsal spinocerebellar...
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discovery of many new cell types in e.g. mouse cortex, hippocampus, dorsal root ganglion and spinal cord. Animals have evolved a greater diversity of cell...
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Vallejo M, Martinez-Lavin M (February 2012). "A SCN9A gene-encoded dorsal root ganglia sodium channel polymorphism associated with severe fibromyalgia"...
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been shown to interact with: CALM1 SNAPAP SYT9 CBD AEA NPR1 PKG The dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons of mammals were known to express a heat-sensitive ion...
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voltage-gated channels. Nav1.8 is expressed specifically in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG), in unmyelinated, small-diameter sensory neurons called C-fibres...
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Ornithorhynchus anatinus, Induces a Calcium-Dependent Current in Cultured Dorsal Root Ganglion Cells". Journal of Neurophysiology. 85 (3): 1340–5. doi:10.1152/jn...
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