Intrathecal carbenoxolone inhibits neuropathic pain and spinal wide-dynamic range neuronal activity in rats after an L5 spinal nerve injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 563, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-50

  Xu, Qian ^a,b   Cheong, Yong Kwan ^b,c   Yang, Fei ^b   Tiwari, Vinod ^b   Li, Jinheng ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Raja, Srinivasa N ^b   Li, Weiyan ^a   Guan, Yun ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbenoxolone; Gap junction; Glia; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEAT HYPERSENSITIVITY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MECHANICAL HYPERSENSITIVITY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE INJURY; NEURONAL SENSITIZATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACHYPHYLAXIS;

CARBENOXOLONE; GAP JUNCTION; GLIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CARBENOXOLONE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERALGESIA; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEURONS; NOCICEPTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES; TOUCH;

EID: 84894063130     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2014.01.042     Document Type: Article

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