Endogenous and exogenous melanocortin antagonists induce anti-allodynic effects in a model of rat neuropathic pain

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-62

  Bertorelli, Rosalia ^a   Fredduzzi, Silva ^a   Tarozzo, Glauco ^a   Campanella, Marilena ^a   Grundy, Robert ^a   Beltramo, Massimiliano ^a   Reggiani, Angelo ^a  

^a Schering Plough Research Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agouti related protein; Dorsal root ganglia; Melanocortin system; Spinal cord; Spinal nerve ligation

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; HS 024; JKC 363; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; PAIN; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 11144324509     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2004.06.008     Document Type: Article

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