Loose ligation of the rat sciatic nerve is accompanied by changes in the subcellular content of protein kinase C beta II and gamma in the spinal dorsal horn

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 288, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-202

  Miletic, Vjekoslav ^a   Bowen, Kellie K ^a   Miletic, Gordana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Hyperalgesia; Nociception; Sciatic ligation; Spinal plasticity

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE LIGATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTOSOME; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; LIGATION; MALE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; STAINING AND LABELING; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0034698508     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01237-4     Document Type: Article

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