TNF-α and phosphorylation of ERK in DRG and spinal cord: Insights into mechanisms of sciatica

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 523-529

  Takahashi, Naoto ^a,d   Kikuchi, Shinichi ^d   Shubayev, Veronica I ^a,c   Campana, W Marie ^a   Myers, Robert R ^a,b,c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DRG; ERK; Herniated disc; Inflammation; Pain; TNF

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SATELLITE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINE DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GLIA; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATICA; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33645519792     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000201305.01522.17     Document Type: Article

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