Selective stimulation of GalR1 and GalR2 in rat substantia gelatinosa reveals a cellular basis for the anti- and pro-nociceptive actions of galanin

Pain

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 138-146

  Alier, Kwai A ^a   Chen, Yishen ^a   Sollenberg, Ulla E ^b   Langel, Ülo ^b   Smith, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Analgesic; Dorsal horn; Electrophysiology; Hyperalgesia; Neuropathic pain; Neuropeptide; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

AGENTS AFFECTING PROTEIN METABOLISM; AR M 1896; AR M 961; CALCIUM CHANNEL; GALANIN; GALANIN RECEPTOR 1; GALANIN RECEPTOR 2; GALANIN RECEPTOR 2 ANTAGONIST; GALANIN RECEPTOR AGONIST; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; M 871;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GALANIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, GALANIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, GALANIN, TYPE 2; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

EID: 44849115066     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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