Nociceptive-specific activation of ERK in spinal neurons contributes to pain hypersensitivity

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1114-1119

  Ji, Ru Rong ^a   Baba, Hiroshi ^a   Brenner, Gary J ^a   Woolf, Clifford J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; DIZOCILPINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FORMALDEHYDE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOSPHORYLATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033490464     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16040     Document Type: Article

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