Activation of capsaicin receptors on the sciatic nerve induces FOS expression in the spinal dorsal horn of adult rats

NeuroSignals

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-157

  Feng, Yu Peng ^a   Yang, Kun ^a   Li, Yun Qing ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Capsaicin receptor; FOS; Nociception; Rat; Sciatic nerve; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CAPSAZEPINE; COLCHICINE; LIDOCAINE; PROTEIN FOS; VANILLOID RECEPTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; DRUG RECEPTOR; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROTOXIN; PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; ONCOGENE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR HORN CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CAPSAICIN; COLCHICINE; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTOXINS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0036560909     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065056     Document Type: Article

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