Involvement of Protein Kinase B/Akt in Analgesic Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Neuropathic Pain

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 364-366

  Li, Shuang Shuang ^a   Zhang, Wei Shi ^a   Yang, Jia Le ^b   Xiong, Yuan Chang ^a   Zhang, Yu Qiu ^b   Xu, Hua ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXMEDETOMIDINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTINOCICEPTION; APOPTOSIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; RENAL PROTECTION; SCIATIC NERVE CHRONIC CONSTRICTION INJURY; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; NEURALGIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84876797192     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12100     Document Type: Letter

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