Conjunctivally administered NGF antibody reduces pain sensitivity and anxiety-like behavioral responses in aged female mice

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 284-287

  Berry, Alessandra ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^b   Rossi, Simona ^b   Bonsignore, Luca T ^a   Capone, Francesca ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a   Cirulli, Francesca ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti NGF antibody (ANA); Central nervous system (CNS); Choline acethyl transferase (ChAT); Elevated plus maze (EPM); Forebrain cholinergic neurons (FCN); Hot plate (HP); Morris water maze (MWM); Nerve Growth Factor (NGF)

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PAIN THRESHOLD;

EID: 77952320995     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.02.037     Document Type: Article

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