Peripheral inflammation increases the capsaicin sensitivity of dorsal root ganglion neurons in a nerve growth factor-dependent manner

Neuroscience

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1425-1433

  Nicholas, R S ^a   Winter, J ^b   Wren, P ^b   Bergmann, R ^c   Woolf, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Novartis Inst for Medical Research   (United Kingdom)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Capsaicin sensitivity; Dorsal root ganglion; Inflammatory hyperalgesia; Nerve growth factor

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; COBALT; FREUND ADJUVANT; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION;

AMIDINES; ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DENSITOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOOT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032960575     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00706-4     Document Type: Article

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