Up-regulation of spinal glutamate transporters contributes to anti-hypersensitive effects of valproate in rats after peripheral nerve injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 502, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-55

  Hobo, Shotaro ^a   Eisenach, James C ^a   Hayashida, Ken ichiro ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydrokainic acid; Glutamate transporter; Neuropathic pain; Riluzole; Valproate

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROKAINIC ACID; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID; RILUZOLE; VALPROIC ACID; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NERVE LIGATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL NERVE; UPREGULATION;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; HYPERALGESIA; KAINIC ACID; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RILUZOLE; SPINAL CORD; UP-REGULATION; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 80051791021     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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