Local expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase in an animal model of neuropathic pain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 207-209

  Levy, Dan ^a   Höke, Ahmet ^a   Zochodne, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic constriction injury; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Macrophages; Neuropathic pain; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0344820771     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00982-3     Document Type: Article

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