Upregulation of sodium channel Nav1.3 and functional involvement in neuronal hyperexcitability associated with central neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 8881-8892

  Hains, Bryan C ^b   Klein, Joshua P ^b   Saab, Carl Y ^b   Craner, Matthew J ^b   Black, Joel A ^b   Waxman, Stephen G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contusion; Ion channel; Pain; Sensitization; Trauma; Wide dynamic range

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERMAL STIMULATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0141529982     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-26-08881.2003     Document Type: Article

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