The c-kit signaling pathway is involved in the development of persistent pain

Pain

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 178-186

  Sun, Yan Gang ^a   Gracias, Neilia G ^b   Drobish, Julie Kosto ^a   Vasko, Michael R ^b   Gereau, Robert W ^a   Chen, Zhou Feng ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

c kit; CCI; DRG; Formalin test; Persistent pain; Spinal cord; Tyrosine kinase receptor

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHIZOTOMY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 66049094709     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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