Suppression by intrathecal BmK IT2 on rat spontaneous pain behaviors and spinal c-Fos expression induced by formalin

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 73, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 248-253

  Bai, Zhan Tao ^c   Liu, Tong ^b   Pang, Xue Yan ^a   Chai, Zhi Fang ^b   Ji, Yong Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c YAN'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BmK IT2; c Fos expression; Formalin; Intrathecal injection; Sodium channel modulator; Spontaneous pain

Indexed keywords

ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; BMK IT2 VENOM; FORMALDEHYDE; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCORPION; SPINE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPINAL CORD; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34250019655     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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