Additive antinociceptive effects of a combination of vitamin C and vitamin E after peripheral nerve injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Ruirui ^a   Kallenborn Gerhardt, Wiebke ^a   Geisslinger, Gerd ^a   Schmidtko, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PASCORBIN; ROTEXMEDICA; SANUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANALGESIC AGENT; FREUND ADJUVANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METABOLISM; NEURALGIA; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; TIME;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURALGIA; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PHOSPHORYLATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 83355176421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029240     Document Type: Article

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