A role of periaqueductal grey NR2B-containing NMDA receptor in mediating persistent inflammatory pain

Molecular Pain

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hu, Jing ^a   Wang, Zhe ^b   Guo, Yan Yan ^a   Zhang, Xiao Nan ^a   Xu, Zhao Hui ^a   Liu, Shui Bing ^a   Guo, Hong Ju ^a   Yang, Qi ^a   Zhang, Fu Xing ^a   Sun, Xiao Li ^a   Zhao, Ming Gao ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 BENZYL ALPHA (4 HYDROXYPHENYL) BETA METHYL 1 PIPERIDINEPROPANOL; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FREUND ADJUVANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPERIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NR2A NMDA RECEPTOR; NR2B NMDA RECEPTOR; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INFLAMMATION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NOCICEPTORS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHENOLS; PIPERIDINES; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77649306922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-5-71     Document Type: Article

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