Territorial and extra-territorial distribution of Fos protein in the lumbar spinal dorsal horn neurons in rats with chronic constriction nerve injuries

Brain Research

Volumn 1004, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 177-187

  Ro, Long Sun ^a   Li, Hui Yun ^b   Huang, Kuei Fen ^a   Chen, Sien Tsong ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic constriction nerve injury; Extra territorial central sensitization; Fos protein; Hyperalgesia; Neuropathic pain; Pain modulation: anatomy and physiology

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEURITIS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 1642351241     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.12.047     Document Type: Article

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