Activation of spinal ERK signaling pathway contributes to pain-related responses induced by scorpion Buthus martensi Karch venom

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 994-1007

  Pang, Xue Yan ^a   Liu, Tong ^b   Jiang, Feng ^a   Ji, Yong Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

BmK venom; c Fos; ERK; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Spontaneous pain; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; DIZOCILPINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN C FOS; SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUTHUS MARTENSI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SCORPION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NITRILES; PAIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SCORPION VENOMS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; RATTUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 43049135482     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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