Extracellular signal-regulated kinases1/2 in neurons of the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve and nucleus of the solitary tract are activated by noxious visceral stimulus in mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-106

  Xu, Zhen ^a   Wang, Bai Ren ^a   Ding, Yu Qiang ^a   Kuang, Fang ^a   Wang, Xi ^a   Duan, Xiao Li ^a   Jiao, Xi Ying ^a   Ju, Gong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve; Extracellular signal regulated kinases; Mouse; Nociception; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Visceral sensation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ISOENZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; EIF-2 KINASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VAGOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0037073553     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01113-8     Document Type: Article

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