Estrogen receptor-α expression in nociceptive-responsive neurons in the medullary dorsal horn of the female rat

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-248

  Amandusson, Åsa ^a   Blomqvist, Anders ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor; Fos; Gonadal hormone; Pain; Spinal trigeminal nucleus

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FORMALDEHYDE; PROTEIN FOS;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TISSUE SECTION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NOCICEPTORS; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 77049084315     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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