2006
Fire and phantoms after spinal cord injury: Na+ channels and central pain
Waxman S, Hains B. Fire and phantoms after spinal cord injury: Na+ channels and central pain. Trends In Neurosciences 2006, 29: 207-215. PMID: 16494954, DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2006.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpinal cord injuryNeuropathic painCord injurySpinal cord dorsal horn neuronsDorsal horn neuronsNervous system injuryCentral painPain pathwaysSystem injuryThalamic neuronsPainAbnormal expressionPhantom phenomenaNeuronsInjuryMolecular targetsMolecular changesRecent findingsHyperexcitabilityNav1.3Molecular basis
1971
An electron microscopic study of synaptic morphology in the oculomotor nuclei of three inframammalian species
Waxman S, Pappas G. An electron microscopic study of synaptic morphology in the oculomotor nuclei of three inframammalian species. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1971, 143: 41-71. PMID: 4329004, DOI: 10.1002/cne.901430105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOculomotor nucleusOculomotor neuronsLarge neuronsElectrotonic couplingSubjunctional dense bodiesDistribution of synapsesMajority of synapsesSmall-diameter dendritesClose appositionContralateral oculomotor nucleusPrevious electrophysiological studiesDense-core vesiclesMultipolar interneuronsNodes of RanvierAxodendritic synapsesAxosomatic synapsesProximal dendritesClose membrane appositionSynaptic contactsPresynaptic fibersSynaptic profilesGlial elementsSmall interneuronsNeuronal typesGlial lamellae