Protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide dose-dependently decreases formalin-induced c-Fos protein and behavioral hyperalgesia in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-102

  Hou, Wen Yeong ^a   Shyu, Bai Chuang ^b   Chen, Tzer Ming ^a   Shieh, Jeng Yung ^a   Sun, Wei Zen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

c Fos; Cycloheximide; De novo protein synthesis; Formalin; Hyperalgesia; Immediate early gene

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FORMALDEHYDE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030910301     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00321-2     Document Type: Article

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