Expression of central glucocorticoid receptors after peripheral nerve injury contributes to neuropathic pain behaviors in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 39, 2004, Pages 8595-8605

  Wang, Shuxing ^a   Lim, Grewo ^a   Zeng, Qing ^a   Sung, Backil ^a   Ai, Yulan ^a   Guo, Gongshe ^a   Yang, Liling ^a   Mao, Jianren ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid; Interleukins; Neuropathic pain; NMDA receptor; Protein kinase C; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CHERYRITHRINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6 ANTIBODY; MIFEPRISTONE; PROTEIN KINASE C GAMMA; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; SPIRONOLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENALECTOMY; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERALGESIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; WILD TYPE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONSTRICTION; DEXAMETHASONE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-1; LIGATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MIFEPRISTONE; NEURALGIA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C-DELTA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 4744339842     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3058-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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