Memantine, a promising drug for the prevention of neuropathic pain in rat

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 721, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 382-390

  Morel, Véronique ^a,b,c   Etienne, Monique ^a,b   Wattiez, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Dupuis, Amandine ^a,b   Privat, Anne Marie ^a,b   Chalus, Maryse ^a,b   Eschalier, Alain ^a,b   Daulhac, Laurence ^a,b   Pickering, Gisèle ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b U1107 Neuro Dol ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

Author keywords

Memantine; N methyl d aspartate receptor; Neuropathic pain; NR2B subunit; Spinal nerve ligation; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE; SERINE; TYROSINE;

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERALGESIA; INSULA; MALE; MAZE TEST; MECHANICAL HYPERALGESIA; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE; TACTILE ALLODYNIA; VOCALIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MEMANTINE; N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTOR; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NR2B SUBUNIT; SPINAL NERVE LIGATION; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; HYPERALGESIA; LIGATION; MALE; MEMANTINE; NEURALGIA; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 84890120773     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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