Imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory amino acids at spinal level is associated with maintenance of persistent pain-related behaviors

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 290-299

  Yan, Lai Hong ^a   Hou, Jun Feng ^b   Liu, Ming Gang ^a   Li, Meng Meng ^c   Cui, Xiu Yu ^a   Lu, Zhuo Min ^b   Zhang, Fu Kang ^a   An, Yang Yuan ^a   Shi, Lin ^d   Chen, Jun ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acids; Glutamate receptors; Inhibitory amino acids; Persistent pain; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BEE VENOM; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 2; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TAURINE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SPINAL LEVEL; RAT; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BEE VENOMS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACIDS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 63349093027     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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