Injury type-specific calcium channel α2δ-1 subunit up-regulation in rat neuropathic pain models correlates with antiallodynic effects of gabapentin

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1199-1205

  Luo, Z David ^a   Calcutt, N A ^b   Higuera, E S ^a   Valder, C R ^a,c   Song, Y H ^a   Svensson, C I ^a   Myers, R R ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; GABAPENTIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VINCRISTINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE;

ACETIC ACIDS; AMINES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0036897329     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.041574     Document Type: Article

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