The NMDA receptor antagonist MK-801 attenuates c-Fos expression in the lumbosacral spinal cord following repetitive noxious and non-noxious colorectal distention

Pain

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 321-329

  Zhai, Qing Zhu ^a   Traub, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Immediate early gene; Visceral pain

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVASATION; HYPERALGESIA; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANIMALS; COLON; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PAIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECTUM; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032833183     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00116-5     Document Type: Article

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