Spinal astrocyte and microglial activation contributes to rat pain-related behaviors induced by the venom of scorpion Buthus martensi Karch

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 623, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 52-64

  Jiang, Feng ^a   Liu, Tong ^b   Cheng, Ming ^a   Pang, Xue Yan ^a   Bai, Zhan Tao ^c   Zhou, Jing Jing ^a   Ji, Yong Hua ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YAN'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; BmK venom; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Microglia; Spontaneous pain; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; FLUOROCITRIC ACID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MINOCYCLINE; PROTEIN C FOS; SCORPION VENOM;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; ARACHNIDISM; ASTROCYTES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CITRATES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EDEMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPERALGESIA; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICROGLIA; MINOCYCLINE; NOCICEPTORS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350185395     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.09.028     Document Type: Article

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