Activation of ERK1/2 in the primary injury site is required to maintain melittin-enhanced wind-up of rat spinal wide-dynamic-range neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 459, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 137-141

  Yu, Yao Qing ^a   Zhao, Feng ^a   Chen, Jun ^a,b  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; ERKs; Melittin; Wide dynamic range neuron

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; MELITTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPIKE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; EDEMA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FOOT; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MELITTEN; MICROELECTRODES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEURONS; NITRILES; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 66049121763     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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