JAK-STAT3 pathway regulates spinal astrocyte proliferation and neuropathic pain maintenance in rats

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1127-1139

  Tsuda, Makoto ^a   Kohro, Yuta ^a   Yano, Takayuki ^a   Tsujikawa, Tomoko ^a   Kitano, Junko ^a   Tozaki Saitoh, Hidetoshi ^a   Koyanagi, Satoru ^a   Ohdo, Shigehiro ^a   Ji, Ru Rong ^b   Salter, Michael W ^c   Inoue, Kazuhide ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

astrocytes; neuropathic pain; proliferation; rats; STAT3

Indexed keywords

FLAVOPIRIDOL; JANUS KINASE; STAT3 PROTEIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TACTILE ALLODYNIA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JANUS KINASES; MALE; NEURALGIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL NERVES; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79953660904     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr025     Document Type: Article

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