Spinal NMDA receptor phosphorylation correlates with the presence of neuropathic signs following peripheral nerve injury in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 399, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 85-90

  Ultenius, Camilla ^a   Linderoth, Bengt ^a   Meyerson, Björn A ^a   Wallin, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Nerve injury induced pain; NMDA receptor; Phosphorylation; Rat; Western blot

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2C; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2D; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; COLD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TOUCH;

EID: 33646087668     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.01.018     Document Type: Article

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