Herpes virus-mediated preproenkephalin gene transfer to the amygdala is antinociceptive

Brain Research

Volumn 792, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-135

  Kang, Wen ^a   Wilson, Marlene A ^a   Bender, Mary Ann ^b   Glorioso, Joseph C ^b   Wilson, Steven P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Formalin test; Naloxone; Opioid peptide; Rat

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FORMALDEHYDE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; PREPROENKEPHALIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; HERPES VIRUS; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; ENKEPHALINS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HERPESVIRIDAE; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS;

EID: 0032482145     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00194-2     Document Type: Article

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