Inhibition of spinal protein kinase C reduces nerve injury-induced tactile allodynia in neuropathic rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 276, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-102

  Hua, Xiao Ying ^a   Chen, Ping ^a   Yaksh, Tony L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuropathic pain; PKC; Spinal cord; Tactile allodynia

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 3 INDOLYL] 3 (3 INDOLYL)MALEIMIDE; BISINDOLYLMALEIMIDE; CHELERYTHRINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; KT 5823; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PKC 19-31; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; TOUCH;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; INDOLES; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LIGATION; MALE; MALEIMIDES; PAIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0032695819     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00818-6     Document Type: Article

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