Reduced nociceptive behavior in islet amyloid polypeptide (amylin) knockout mice

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 180-183

  Gebre Medhin, Samuel ^a   Mulder, Hindrik ^b,c   Zhang, Yanzhen ^b   Sundler, Frank ^b   Betsholtz, Christer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Sect for Neuroendocrine/Cell Biol   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjuvant induced inflammation; Calcitonin gene related peptide; Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons; Gene knock out; Islet amyloid polypeptide; Paw formalin test; Substance P

Indexed keywords

AMYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION;

AMYLOID; ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DISINFECTANTS; FORMALDEHYDE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURITIS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032506610     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00269-1     Document Type: Article

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