Peripheral nerve injury induces trans-synaptic modification of channels, receptors and signal pathways in rat dorsal spinal cord

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 871-883

  Yang, Liang ^a   Zhang, Fang Xiong ^a   Huang, Fen ^a   Lu, Yin Jing ^a   Li, Guo Dong ^a   Bao, Lan ^a   Xiao, Hua Sheng ^a,b   Zhang, Xu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING CENTER FOR BIOCHIP AT SHANGHAI   (China)

Author keywords

Ion channel; Nerve injury; Receptor; Signal transduction; Spinal dorsal horn; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; AMPA RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; BRAIN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CHANNEL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 10; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 6; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C BETA; PROTEIN KINASE C DELTA; PROTEIN KINASE LYN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SODIUM CHANNEL; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ION CHANNELS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 1542269754     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03121.x     Document Type: Article

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