Diabetes affects the expression of GABA and potassium chloride cotransporter in the spinal cord: A study in streptozotocin diabetic rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 438, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 102-106

  Morgado, Carla ^a,b   Pinto Ribeiro, Filipa ^c   Tavares, Isaura ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cation chloride cotransporter; Diabetes; KCC2; Neuronal hyperactivity; Pain modulation; Sensitization; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; STREPTOZOCIN;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DENSITOMETRY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLORIDES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURAL INHIBITION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SYMPORTERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 43549114243     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.04.032     Document Type: Article

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