The glutamate transporter GLAST is involved in spinal nociceptive processing

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 346, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 393-399

  Niederberger, Ellen ^a   Schmidtko, Achim ^a   Coste, Ovidiu ^a   Marian, Claudiu ^a   Ehnert, Corina ^a   Geisslinger, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense; Glutamate; Nociception; Protein expression; Spinal cord; Transporter

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 33745121498     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.05.163     Document Type: Article

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