A feed-forward spinal cord glycinergic neural circuit gates mechanical allodynia

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4050-4062

  Lu, Yan ^a   Dong, Hailong ^a   Gao, Yandong ^a   Gong, Yuanyuan ^a   Ren, Yingna ^a   Gu, Nan ^a   Zhou, Shudi ^a   Xia, Nan ^a   Sun, Yan Yan ^a   Ji, Ru Rong ^b   Xiong, Lize ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; BICUCULLINE; CAPSAICIN; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C GAMMA; STRYCHNINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; FEED FORWARD INHIBITION; GATE CONTROL THEORY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MECHANICAL ALLODYNIA; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYMPTOM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; GLYCINE AGENTS; HYPERALGESIA; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NOCICEPTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES; STRYCHNINE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84883515305     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI70026     Document Type: Article

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