Contribution of the spinal cord BDNF to the development of neuropathic pain by activation of the NR2B-containing NMDA receptors in rats with spinal nerve ligation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-266

  Geng, Shan Jing ^a,b   Liao, Fei Fei ^a,b   Dang, Wen Hao ^a,b   Ding, Xu ^a,b   Liu, Xiao Dan ^a,b   Cai, Jie ^a,b   Han, Ji Sheng ^a,b   Wan, You ^a,b   Xing, Guo Gang ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

BDNF; ELISA; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropathic pain; NR2B containing NMDA receptors; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL NERVE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHENOLS; PIPERIDINES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77549084615     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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