Activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase in the anterior cingulate cortex contributes to the induction and expression of affective pain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3307-3321

  Cao, Hong ^a   Gao, Yong Jing ^a,b   Ren, Wen Hua ^a   Li, Ting Ting ^a   Duan, Kai Zheng ^a   Cui, Yi Hui ^c   Cao, Xiao Hua ^c   Zhao, Zhi Qi ^a   Ji, Ru Rong ^b   Zhang, Yu Qiu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; FORMALDEHYDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONDITIONING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; EMOTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GYRUS CINGULI; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 63849253345     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4300-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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