Characterisation of the nociceptive phenotype of suppressible galanin overexpressing transgenic mice

Molecular Pain

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pope, Robert J P ^a   Holmes, Fiona E ^a   Kerr, Niall C ^a   Wynick, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; MESSENGER RNA; GALANIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GALANIN; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTORS; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77958036444     PISSN: 17448069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-6-67     Document Type: Article

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