Phenotypic Switching of Nonpeptidergic Cutaneous Sensory Neurons following Peripheral Nerve Injury

Ting Wang; Derek C. Molliver; Xiaotang Jing; Erica S. Schwartz; Fu-Chia Yang; Omar Abdel Samad; Qiufu Ma; Brian M. Davis

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028908

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Phenotypic Switching of Nonpeptidergic Cutaneous Sensory Neurons following Peripheral Nerve Injury

Ting Wang,

Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Derek C. Molliver,

Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Xiaotang Jing,

Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Erica S. Schwartz,

Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Fu-Chia Yang,

Affiliation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Omar Abdel Samad,

Affiliation Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Qiufu Ma,

Affiliation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Brian M. Davis

* E-mail: bmd1@pitt.edu

Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Phenotypic Switching of Nonpeptidergic Cutaneous Sensory Neurons following Peripheral Nerve Injury

Ting Wang,
Derek C. Molliver,
Xiaotang Jing,
Erica S. Schwartz,
Fu-Chia Yang,
Omar Abdel Samad,
Qiufu Ma,
Brian M. Davis

Published: December 21, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028908

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