Analgesia induced by perineural clonidine is enhanced in persistent neuritis

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-71

  Romero Sandoval, Alfonso ^a   Bynum, Tanishua ^a   Eisenach, James C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 adrenoceptor; Astrocytes; CREB glia; Microglia; Mirror image pain; Neuropathic pain; Peripheral immune response; Spinal plasticity

Indexed keywords

2 (1 METHYL 2 ISOINDOLINYLMETHYL) 2 IMIDAZOLINE; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CLONIDINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 33846583289     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328010a8a9     Document Type: Article

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