Neuronal nitric oxide synthase is upregulated in a subset of primary sensory afferents after nerve injury which are necessary for analgesia from α2-adrenoceptor stimulation

Brain Research

Volumn 1127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-58

  Ma, Weiya ^a   Eisenach, James C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Immunocytochemistry; Muscarinic receptor; Noradrenergic receptor; Pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SAPORIN;

ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE LIGATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL NERVE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; LIGATION; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROTOXINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NOCICEPTORS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M4; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-2; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL NERVES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33845233369     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.10.008     Document Type: Article

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