Neuropathic pain develops normally in mice lacking both Nav 1.7 and Nav 1.8

Molecular Pain

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Nassar, Mohammed A ^a   Levato, Alessandra ^a   Stirling, L Caroline ^a   Wood, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; KCNV1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KV1.7 POTASSIUM CHANNEL, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPTOM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE MUTANT; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; SEX FACTORS; SHAKER SUPERFAMILY OF POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 33845187874     PISSN: 17448069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-1-24     Document Type: Article

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