Nitric oxide signaling in pain and nociceptor sensitization in the rat

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 7008-7014

  Aley, K O ^a   McCarter, Gordon ^a   Levine, Jon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Nitric oxide; Pain; Primary afferent nociceptor; Prostaglandin E2; Protein kinase A; Tetrodotoxinresistant sodium current

Indexed keywords

LINSIDOMINE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0032171575     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-07008.1998     Document Type: Article

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