Sex differences in lumbar spinal cord gene expression following experimental lumbar radiculopathy

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-295

  Lacroix Fralish, Michael L ^a,b   Tawfik, Vivianne L ^a,b   Spratt, Kevin F ^b   Deleo, Joyce A ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Affymetrix; Female; Gender; Low back pain; Microarray; Neuregulin; Nociception

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 6; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TACHYKININ; TACHYKININ 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; LIGATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR RADICULOPATHY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RADICULOPATHY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KINETICS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34147140846     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:30:3:283     Document Type: Article

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