Electroacupuncture attenuates bone cancer-induced hyperalgesia and inhibits spinal preprodynorphin expression in a rat model

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 870-878

  Zhang, Rui Xin ^a   Li, Aihui ^a   Liu, Bing ^a   Wang, Linbo ^a   Xin, Jiajia ^a   Ren, Ke ^b   Qiao, Jian Tian ^c   Berman, Brian M ^a   Lao, Lixing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Cancer pain; Dynorphin; Hyperalgesia; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DYNORPHIN; DYNORPHIN A ANTISERUM; MESSENGER RNA; PREPRODYNORPHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; THERMAL STIMULATION; TIBIA; UPREGULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOWN-REGULATION; DYNORPHINS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD; TIBIA;

EID: 48349140186     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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