Inflammation-induced Fos protein expression in the rat spinal cord is enhanced following dorsolateral or ventrolateral funiculus lesions

Brain Research

Volumn 782, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 136-141

  Wei, Feng ^a   Ren, Ke ^a   Dubner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Descending inhibition; Dorsolateral funiculus; Fos; Pain; Spinal cord; Ventrolateral funilucus

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINE INJURY;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0032567697     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01253-5     Document Type: Article

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