Endogenous and exogenous glucocorticoid suppresses up-regulation of preprodynorphin mRNA and hyperalgesia in rats with peripheral inflammation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 85-88

  Zhang, Rui Xin ^a,d   Lao, Lixing ^a   Qiao, Jian Tian ^b   Malsnee, K ^c   Ruda, Mary Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NINDS   (United States)

^d Kernan Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Dynorphin; Gene expression; Hyperalgesia; Pain; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FREUND ADJUVANT; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; PREPRODYNORPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DYNORPHINS; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 1842504394     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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