Spinal and supraspinal changes in tumor necrosis factor-α expression following excitotoxic spinal cord injury

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Brewer, Kori L ^a   Nolan, Todd A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Excitotoxicity; Inflammation; Quisqualic acid; Spinal cord injury pain

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; QUISQUALIC ACID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXCITOTOXICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GROOMING; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PAIN; QUISQUALIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34247097504     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02686114     Document Type: Article

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