Using c-fos as a neural marker of pain

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Harris, Justin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Immediate early genes; Nociception; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DYNORPHIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ALLODYNIA; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERALGESIA; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; NEURONS; PAIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031985772     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00277-3     Document Type: Review

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