Lectin binding: a genuine marker for transganglionic regulation of human primary sensory neurons

Medium-sized human dorsal root ganglion cells and their central terminals in the upper dorsal horn exert preferential affinity for Ulex europaeus I lectin. Lectin binding of glycoconjugates outlines lamina III (+IIi) and disappears after peripheral neurotomy, which renders it a useful marker to study transganglionic regulation in man.