Enhancement of stimulation-induced ERK activation in the spinal dorsal horn and gracile nucleus neurons in rats with peripheral nerve injury

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 884-890

  Wang, Hu ^a   Dai, Yi ^a   Fukuoka, Tetsuo ^a   Yamanaka, Hiroki ^a   Obata, Koichi ^a   Tokunaga, Atsushi ^a   Noguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Dorsal column nucleus; Dorsal horn; Neuropathic pain; pERK

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GRACILE NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CAPSAICIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 1542269755     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2004.03203.x     Document Type: Article

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