Evidence for a role of connexin 43 in trigeminal pain using RNA interference in vivo

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3064-3073

  Ohara, Peter T ^a   Vit, Jean Philippe ^c   Bhargava, Aditi ^b   Jasmin, Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA CELL; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MALE; NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TIME FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 57449113244     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.90722.2008     Document Type: Article

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