TrkB expression and phospho-ERK activation by brain-derived neurotrophic factor in rat spinothalamic tract neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 489, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-68

  Slack, Sarah E ^a   Grist, John ^a   Mac, Qing ^a   McMahon, Stephen B ^a   Pezet, Sophie ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nociception; Pain; Plasticity; Supraspinal; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROTROPHIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CAPSAICIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 21644442955     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20606     Document Type: Article

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