Activation of ERK in the rostral ventromedial medulla is involved in hyperalgesia during peripheral inflammation

Brain Research

Volumn 1187, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-110

  Imbe, Hiroki ^a   Kimura, Akihisa ^a   Okamoto, Keiichiro ^b   Donishi, Tomohiro ^a   Aikawa, Fumiko ^c   Senba, Emiko ^a   Tamai, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c OSAKA DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Descending system; ERK; Hyperalgesia; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UO 126;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; REFLEX; RETICULAR FORMATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 36749034827     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.10.075     Document Type: Article

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