Implication of allopregnanolone in the antinociceptive effect of N-palmitoylethanolamide in acute or persistent pain

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-41

  Sasso, Oscar ^a   Russo, Roberto ^a   Vitiello, Sergio ^b,c   Mattace Raso, Giuseppina ^a   D'Agostino, Giuseppe ^a   Iacono, Anna ^a   La Rana, Giovanna ^a   Vallée, Monique ^b,c   Cuzzocrea, Salvatore ^d,e   Piazza, Pier Vincenzo ^b,c   Meli, Rosaria ^a   Calignano, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Cytochrome p450 side chain cleavage; N Palmitoylethanolamide; Neurosteroid; Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor alpha; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; AMINOGLUTETHIMIDE; CARRAGEENAN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); FINASTERIDE; PALMIDROL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MICE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PALMITIC ACIDS; PREGNANOLONE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84155172362     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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