Upregulation of the voltage-gated sodium channel β2 subunit in neuropathic pain models: Characterization of expression in injured and non-injured primary sensory neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 47, 2005, Pages 10970-10980

  Pertin, Marie ^a,b   Ji, Ru Rong ^c   Berta, Temugin ^a,b   Powell, Andrew J ^d   Karchewski, Laurie ^f   Tate, Simon N ^d   Isom, Lori L ^e   Woolf, Clifford J ^f   Gilliard, Nicolas ^a   Spahn, Donat R ^a   Decosterd, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

subunit; Animal model; Nerve injury; Neuropathic pain; Pain; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL MEMBRANE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SODIUM CURRENT; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERALGESIA; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURALGIA; NEURITIS; NEUROMA; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERONEAL NERVE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SODIUM CHANNELS; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE; UP-REGULATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 28044432745     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3066-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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