Potentiation of excitatory transmission in substantia gelatinosa neurons of rat spinal cord by inhibition of estrogen receptor alpha

Molecular Pain

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zhong, Yan Qing ^a   Li, Kai Cheng ^a,b   Zhang, Xu ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUTAMIC ACID; 1,3 BIS(4 HYDROXYPHENYL) 4 METHYL 5 (4 (2 PIPERIDINYLETHOXY)PHENOL) 1H PYRAZOLE; 1,3-BIS(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-4-METHYL-5-(4-(2-PIPERIDINYLETHOXY)PHENOL)-1H-PYRAZOLE; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HORMONE INHIBITION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NERVE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; NOCICEPTORS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78650951868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-6-92     Document Type: Article

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