Cyclooxygenase-2 expression in Schwann cells and macrophages in the sciatic nerve after single spinal nerve injury in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 363, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 203-206

  Takahashi, Masahiro ^a   Kawaguchi, Masahiko ^a   Shimada, Keiji ^a   Konishi, Noboru ^a   Furuya, Hitoshi ^a   Nakashima, Toshikatsu ^a,b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2; Immunocytochemistry; Macrophage; Mirror image section; Neuropathic pain; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINE INJURY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ECTODYSPLASINS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; S100 PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2942568110     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.03.040     Document Type: Article

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