Activation of ERK/CREB pathway in spinal cord contributes to chronic constrictive injury-induced neuropathic pain in rats

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 789-798

  Song, Xue Song ^a   Cao, Jun Li ^b,c   Xu, Yan Bing ^b   He, Jian Hua ^b   Zhang, Li Cai ^b   Zeng, Yin Ming ^b,c  

^a JUIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Jiangsu Institute of Anesthesiology   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP response DNA binding protein; Extracellular signal regulated kinases; Hyperalgesia; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHOROTHIOATE; PROTEIN FOS;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NITRILES; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 22144469466     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2005.00123.x     Document Type: Article

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