Extensive sprouting of sensory afferents and hyperalgesia induced by conditional expression of nerve growth factor in the adult spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4435-4445

  Romero, Mario I ^a,c   Rangappa, Nagarathnamma ^b   Li, Li ^a   Lightfoot, Ellis ^a   Garry, Mary G ^a   Smith, George M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Chronic pain; Gene therapy; Neurotrophins; Regeneration; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034660331     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-12-04435.2000     Document Type: Article

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