TRPV1-dependent and-independent alterations in the limbic cortex of neuropathic mice: Impact on glial caspases and pain perception

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2495-2518

  Giordano, Catia ^a   Cristino, Luigia ^b   Luongo, Livio ^a   Siniscalco, Dario ^a   Petrosino, Stefania ^c   Piscitelli, Fabiana ^c   Marabese, Ida ^a   Gatta, Luisa ^a   Rossi, Francesca ^a   Imperatore, Roberta ^b   Palazzo, Enza ^a   De Novellis, Vito ^a   Di Marzo, Vincenzo ^c   Maione, Sabatino ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Institute of Cybernetics   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

CB1; endocannabinoid; FAAH; neuropathic pain; TRPV1

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 2 METHYL 6 (PHENYLETHYNYL)PYRIDINE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; 5' IODORESINIFERATOXIN; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CAPSAICIN; CASPASE 3; CYCLOHEXYLCARBAMIC ACID 3' CARBAMOYLBIPHENYL 3 YL ESTER; ENDOCANNABINOID; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; RNA; TETRODOTOXIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ETHANOLAMINES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLYCERIDES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURALGIA; NEUROGLIA; PAIN PERCEPTION; POSTURAL BALANCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RNA; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 84857237101     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr328     Document Type: Article

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