The known knowns of microglia-neuronal signalling in neuropathic pain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 557, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-42

  Beggs, Simon ^a   Salter, Michael W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDNF; Microglia; P2X4; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; FIBRONECTIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTERFERON CONSENSUS SEQUENCE BINDING PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; PURINERGIC P2X4 RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ALLODYNIA; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROGLIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TH1 CELL;

BDNF; MICROGLIA; P2X4; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; MICE; MICROGLIA; NEURALGIA; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2X4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84890186371     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.08.037     Document Type: Review

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