Melanocortin 4 receptor induces hyperalgesia and allodynia after chronic constriction injury by activation of p38 MAPK in DRG

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Chu, Haichen ^a   Xia, Jiangling ^a   Yang, Zhao ^b   Gao, Jie ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Qingdao Institute for Drug Control   (China)

Author keywords

CCI; HS014; neuropathic pain; P38MAPK

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; BETA INTERMEDIN[11-22][11 (N ACETYLCYSTEINE) 14 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL) DEXTRO ALANINE] 18 CYSTEINE 22 ASPARTIC ACID AMIDE] 11,18 CYCLIC DISULFIDE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC CONSTRICTION INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HYPERALGESIA; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERALGESIA; IMIDAZOLES; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NEURALGIA; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; SCIATIC NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84862938884     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2011.630542     Document Type: Article

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