Upregulation of the GABA transporter GAT-1 in the gracile nucleus in the spared nerve injury model of neuropathic pain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 480, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-137

  Gosselin, Romain Daniel ^a   Bebber, Damien ^a   Decosterd, Isabelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; GABA; Glia; Gracile; Neuropathic pain; Transporter

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID TRANSPORTER 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; SLC6A1 PROTEIN, RAT; SLC6A11 PROTEIN, RAT;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID UPTAKE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRACILE NUCLEUS; MICROGLIA; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPTOSOME; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METABOLISM; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEUS NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROGLIA; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERONEAL NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTOSOMES; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 77954540264     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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