Enhancement of synaptic transmission and nociceptive behaviour in HPC-1/syntaxin 1A knockout mice following peripheral nerve injury

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2179-2187

  Takasusuki, T ^a   Fujiwara, T ^b   Yamaguchi, S ^a   Fukushima, T ^a   Akagawa, K ^b   Hori, Y ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asynchronous EPSCs; Mechanical allodynia; Miniature EPSCs; Patch clamp recording; Spinal cord slice

Indexed keywords

SYNTAXIN 1A;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNTAXIN 1;

EID: 35448968685     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05830.x     Document Type: Article

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