Antinociceptive effects of N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) peptidase inhibitors ZJ-11, ZJ-17 and ZJ-43 in the rat formalin test and in the rat neuropathic pain model

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 483-494

  Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Hirasawa, Serabi ^a   Wroblewska, Barbara ^b   Grajkowska, Ewa ^b   Zhou, Jia ^c   Kozikowski, Alan ^c   Wroblewski, Jarda ^b   Neale, Joseph H ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fos; Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors; Inflammatory pain; LY 341495; Mechanical allodynia; NAAG; NAAG peptidase; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 (2 CARBOXYCYCLOPROPYL) 3 (XANTHEN 9 YL)PROPIONIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FORMALDEHYDE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZJ 11; ZJ 17; ZJ 43;

AGITATION; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMATE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE II; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; REACTION TIME; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; UREA; XANTHENES;

EID: 3242750466     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03504.x     Document Type: Article

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