Preproenkephalin mRNA is regulated by an interaction between steroid hormones and nociceptive stimulation

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 913-922

  Holtzman, David A ^a   Brooks, Phillip J ^b   Pfaff, Donald W ^c   Schwartz Giblin, Susan ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn; In situ hybridization; Noxious stimulus; Preproenkephalin; Spinal cord; Steroid hormones; Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FORMALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; PREPROENKEPHALIN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0031461385     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00658.x     Document Type: Article

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