Subarachnoid transplantation of immortalized galanin-overexpressing astrocytes attenuates chronic neuropathic pain

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 595-601

  An, Ke ^a,b   Xu, Ying ^b,c   Yang, Hui ^b   Shu, Hai hua ^a   Xiang, Hong bing ^b   Tian, Yu ke ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biologic minipumps; Galanin; Immortalized astrocyte; Pain; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GALANIN; GALANIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; PREPROGALANIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ATTENUATION; BEHAVIOR; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LINE; CELL THERAPY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPERALGESIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; THERMAL STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENETICS; HEAT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEURALGIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL LINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; GALANIN; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURALGIA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 77953290581     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.10.015     Document Type: Article

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