Activation of the neuronal extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 in the spinal cord dorsal horn is required for complete Freund's adjuvant-induced pain hypersensitivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 52, 2008, Pages 14087-14096

  Xu, Qinghao ^a   Garraway, Sandra M ^a   Weyerbacher, Amanda R ^a   Shin, Sarah J ^a   Inturrisi, Charles E ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ERK2; Inflammatory pain; rAAV vector; RNAi; Spatial knockdown; Spinal cord dorsal horn

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NEUROTROPIC AGENT; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; DYNORPHINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 58149391339     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2406-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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