Peripheral Formalin Injection Induces Long-Lasting Increases in Cyclooxygenase 1 Expression by Microglia in the Spinal Cord

Journal of Pain

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-117

  Zhang, Fei Yu ^a   Wan, You ^b   Zhang, Zhen Kang ^a   Light, Alan R ^c   Fu, Kai Yuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

COX 1; COX 2; Formalin test; glia; pain; prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FORMALDEHYDE; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33846592406     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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