Hypoalgesia in mice lacking GABA transporter subtype 1

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 465-470

  Yin, Fang Xu ^a,b,c   You, Qing Cai ^a,b,e   Guo, Qiang Cai ^a   Jiang, Jie ^a   Zhe, Jing Sheng ^b,d   Zhu, Gang Wang ^b,d   Fei, Jian ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b Shanghai Nan Fang Model Organism Research Center   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal constriction test; Formalin test; GABA transporter; Hot plate test; Tail immersion test

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (BENZHYDRYLIDENEAMINOOXY)ETHYL] 1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDRO 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; FORMALDEHYDE; TIAGABINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOT PLATE TEST; HYPOALGESIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NIPECOTIC ACIDS; OXIMES; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 38849207617     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21499     Document Type: Article

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