Nitric oxide and c-Jun N-terminal kinase are involved in the development of dark neurons induced by inflammatory pain

Synapse

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-106

  Hassanzadeh, Parichehr ^a   Ahmadiani, Abolhassan ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dark neurons; Inflammatory pain; JNK; NO; PTIO; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; QUERCETIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FORMALDEHYDE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; IRRITANTS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 30144442604     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20219     Document Type: Article

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