Peripheral nerve injury increases glutamate-evoked calcium mobilization in adult spinal cord neurons

Molecular Pain

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Doolen, Suzanne ^a   Blake, Camille B ^a   Smith, Bret N ^a   Taylor, Bradley K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor; Calcium imaging; Central sensitization; Pain

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CELL MARKER; FURA 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMATES; MALE; MICE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84864256541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-8-56     Document Type: Article

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