Differential activation of MAPK in injured and uninjured DRG neurons following chronic constriction injury of the sciatic nerve in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2881-2895

  Obata, Koichi ^a   Yamanaka, Hiroki ^a   Dai, Yi ^a   Mizushima, Toshiyuki ^a   Fukuoka, Tetsuo ^a   Tokunaga, Atsushi ^a   Noguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BDNF; Extracellular signal regulated protein kinase; Neuropathic pain; Neuropeptide Y; p38 mitogen activated protein kinase

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GLIA CELL; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BUTADIENES; CELL COUNT; CONSTRICTION; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERALGESIA; IMIDAZOLES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRILES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 10844241535     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03754.x     Document Type: Article

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