Pain facilitation and activity-dependent plasticity in pain modulatory circuitry: Role of BDNF-TrkB signaling and NMDA receptors

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 224-235

  Ren, Ke ^a   Dubner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Hyperalgesia; Inflammation; Neurotrophins; Periaqueductal gray; Phosphorylation; Rostral ventromedial medulla; Signal transduction; Tissue injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROTROPHIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ALLODYNIA; BRAIN STEM; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERALGESIA; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 36248929894     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-007-0028-8     Document Type: Review

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