Elevated prepronociceptin, nociceptin/orphanin FQ and nocistatin concentrations in rat chronic constriction nerve injury and diabetic neuropathic pain models

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 506, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-106

  Liu, Eugene H ^a   Li, Chunmei ^a   Govindasamy, Malathi ^a   Neo, Hong Jye ^a   Lee, Tat Leang ^a   Low, Chian Ming ^a   Tachibana, Shinro ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chronic constriction nerve injury; Diabetic neuropathic pain; Nociceptin orphanin FQ; Nocistatin; Prepronociceptin

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NOCICEPTIN; NOCISTATIN; PREPRONOCICEPTIN; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHRONIC CONSTRICTION NERVE INJURY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SERUM; SPINAL CORD; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SPINAL CORD; STREPTOZOCIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855194874     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.10.059     Document Type: Article

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