Upregulation of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neuropeptide Y in the dorsal ascending sensory pathway following sciatic nerve injury in rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-52

  Li, Wei Ping ^a   Xian, Cory ^b   Rush, Robert A ^a   Zhou, Xin Fu ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Dorsal root ganglia; Gracile nucleus; Neuropeptide Y; Sciatic nerve injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; GRACILE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0033593408     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00958-6     Document Type: Article

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