Electroconvulsive stimulation (ECS) increases the expression of neuropeptide Y (NPY) in rat brains in a model of neuropathic pain: A quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) study

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1460-1467

  Okabe, Tadashi ^a   Sato, Chiyo ^a   Matsumoto, Keisuke ^b   Ozawa, Hitoshi ^b   Sakamoto, Atsuhiro ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CCI; ECS; ECT; Neuropathic pain; NPY; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A ALPHA 1 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CONSTRICTIVE INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MECHANICAL ALLODYNIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSE GENERATOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; THERMAL HYPERALGESIA; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SEROTONIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 70949107190     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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