The gap junction blocker carbenoxolone attenuates nociceptive behavior and medullary dorsal horn central sensitization induced by partial infraorbital nerve transection in rats

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 429-435

  Wang, Hua ^a   Cao, Ye ^a   Chiang, Chen Yu ^a   Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^a,b   Sessle, Barry J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbenoxolone; Central sensitization; Gap junction; Infraorbital nerve; Medulla; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN RECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

CARBENOXOLONE; CENTRAL SENSITIZATION; GAP JUNCTION; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; MEDULLA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN;

ANIMALS; CARBENOXOLONE; FACIAL PAIN; GAP JUNCTIONS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84892818347     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.11.004     Document Type: Article

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