Phosphorylation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase isoforms and their different roles in spinal cord dorsal horn and primary somatosensory cortex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 427, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-43

  Liu, Ming Gang ^a   Zhang, Fu Kang ^a   Guo, She Wei ^a   Zhao, Lan Feng ^a   An, Yang Yuan ^a   Cui, Xiu Yu ^a   Chen, Jun ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bee venom; c Jun N terminal kinase; Mitogen activated protein kinase; Nociception; Pain; Primary somatosensory cortex; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; ISOENZYME; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME RELEASE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ISOENZYMES; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHOSPHORYLATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 35348990361     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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