Spinal synthesis of estrogen and concomitant signaling by membrane estrogen receptors regulate spinal κ- and μ-opioid receptor heterodimerization and female-specific spinal morphine antinociception

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 11836-11845

  Liu, Nai Jiang ^a   Chakrabarti, Sumita ^a   Schnell, Stephen ^b   Wessendorf, Martin ^b   Gintzler, Alan R ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; DYNORPHIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 30; HETERODIMER; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MACROMOLECULE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MORPHINE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 80051752873     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1901-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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