Involvement of spinal nitric oxide (NO) in rat pain-related behaviors induced by the venom of scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-71

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

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

BmK venom; Fos expression; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Nitric oxide; Spontaneous pain; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN C FOS; SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, FOS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SCORPION VENOMS; SPINAL CORD;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; RATTUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 48049089817     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.04.171     Document Type: Article

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