NMDA receptors mediating Fos expression in rat spinal cord induced by subcutaneous injection of formalin

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 506-509

  Tao, Yuan Xiang ^a,b   Zhao, Zhi Qi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Immunohistochemistry; N methyl D aspartate receptors; Pain; Proto oncogene proteins c fos; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; FORMALDEHYDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031774228     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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