Inhibition of p38 MAPK reduces loss of primary sensory neurons after nerve transection

Neurological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 714-720

  Agthong, Sithiporn ^a   Kaewsema, Atitaya ^a   Chentanez, Vilai ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

MAPK; Nerve injury; Neuronal loss; p38; Transection

Indexed keywords

4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; CASPASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME INHIBITION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMIDAZOLES; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PYRIDINES; RATS; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84865120839     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: 17431328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743132812Y.0000000070     Document Type: Article

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