A tarantula spider toxin, GsMTx4, reduces mechanical and neuropathic pain

Pain

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 208-217

  Park, Seung Pyo ^a   Kim, Byung Moon ^a   Koo, Jae Yeon ^a   Cho, Hawon ^a   Lee, Chang Hoon ^a   Kim, Misook ^a   Na, Heung Sik ^b   Oh, Uhtaek ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

GsMTx4; Mechanical pain; Neuropathic pain; Spider toxin; Tarantula

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; GSMTX4; NUCLEOTIDE; SPIDER VENOM;

ALLODYNIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALGESIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; EMBRYO; EXPRESSION VECTOR; HOT PLATE TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIL FLICK TEST; YEAST;

ANIMALS; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PEPTIDES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

EID: 44749093892     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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