ATP- and Adenosine-Mediated Signaling in the Central Nervous System: Chronic Pain and Microglia: Involvement of the ATP Receptor P2X4

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-114

  Inoue, Kazuhide ^a,b   Tsuda, Makoto ^a   Koizumi, Schuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allodynia; ATP receptor; Microglia; P2X4; p38 mitogen activated protein kinase

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PURINE P2X4 RECEPTOR;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL NERVE; TACTILE ALLODYNIA; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 1642504343     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.94.112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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