Analgesic Effect of Acupuncture Is Mediated via Inhibition of JNK Activation in Astrocytes after Spinal Cord Injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Jee Y ^a   Choi, Doo C ^a   Oh, Tae H ^a   Yune, Tae Y ^a,b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRA[1,9 CD]PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECHANICAL ALLODYNIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERMAL HYPERALGESIA;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CHEMOKINE CCL20; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEINS; NEURALGIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84883610778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073948     Document Type: Article

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