Peripheral nitric oxide contributes to both formalin- and NMDA-induced activation of nociceptors: An immunocytochemical study in rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 824-829

  Wang, Hang ^a   Nie, Hong ^a   Zhang, Rui Xin ^a   Qiao, Jian Tian ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

L arginine; N nitro L arginine methyl ester (L NAME); N methyl D aspartate (NMDA); Nitric oxide (NO); Nociception; Peripheral

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; FORMALDEHYDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOCICEPTORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0033568696     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990915)57:6<824::AID-JNR7>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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