Release of BDNF and GABA in the dorsal horn of neuropathic rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1169-1174

  Lever, Isobel ^a   Cunningham, Joanna ^b   Grist, John ^a   Yip, Ping K ^a   Malcangio, Marzia ^a,b  

^a Sensory Function Centre for Neuroscience   (United Kingdom)

^b Novatis Inst for Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Inhibition; Neurotransmitters; Spinal cord; Trophic factors; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE LESION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LIGATION; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141502169     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02848.x     Document Type: Article

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