Treating small fiber neuropathy by topical application of a small molecule modulator of ligand-induced GFRα/RET receptor signaling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2325-2330

  Hedstrom, Kristian L ^a   Murtie, Joshua C ^a   Albers, Kathryn ^b   Calcutt, Nigel A ^c   Corfas, Gabriel ^a,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Pain; Sensory; Thermonociception; Topical drug; Trophic factor

Indexed keywords

PAIN; SENSORY; THERMONOCICEPTION; TOPICAL DRUG; TROPHIC FACTOR;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ERYTHROMELALGIA; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; QUINOLINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES;

EID: 84893872668     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1308889111     Document Type: Article

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