Electroacupuncture and lumbar transplant of GDNF-secreting fibroblasts synergistically attenuate hyperalgesia after sciatic nerve constriction

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 459-472

  Dong, Zhiqiang ^a,d   Sun, Yong ^b,c   Lu, Peihua ^b   Wang, Yanqing ^a   Wu, Gencheng ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c Shanghai Majorbio Bio Pharm Technology Co Ltd   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CCI; Cell Therapy; Electroacupuncture; GDNF; Gene Therapy; Neuropathic Pain

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FIBROBLAST; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; RNA EXTRACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE CONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL- AND TISSUE-BASED THERAPY; CONSTRICTION; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FIBROBLASTS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEURALGIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 84878385840     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X1350033X     Document Type: Article

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