EphrinB-EphB receptor signaling contributes to neuropathic pain by regulating neural excitability and spinal synaptic plasticity in rats

Pain

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-180

  Song, Xue Jun ^a,b   Zheng, Ji Hong ^a   Cao, Jun Li ^a   Liu, Wen Tao ^a   Song, Xue Song ^a   Huang, Zhi Jiang ^a  

^a Parker University Research Institute   (United States)

^b XUZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglion; EphB receptors; Hyperexcitability; LTP; Nerve injury; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPERALGESIA; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; THERMAL STIMULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; EPHRIN-B1; EPHRIN-B2; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PAIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 51449116804     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.03.019     Document Type: Article

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