Activation of the galanin receptor 2 in the periphery reverses nerve injury-induced allodynia

Molecular Pain

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hulse, Richard P ^a   Wynick, David ^a   Donaldson, Lucy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; GALANIN DERIVATIVE; GALANIN RECEPTOR 2; GALANIN[2-11]; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GALANIN RECEPTOR;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER C; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SPINAL CORD; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERALGESIA; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; PAIN; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GALANIN; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GALANIN;

EID: 79955091053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-7-26     Document Type: Article

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