MicroRNAs regulate neuronal plasticity and are involved in pain mechanisms

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Elramah, Sara ^a   Landry, Marc ^a   Favereaux, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Gene expression; MicroRNA; Neuron; Pain; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; REVIEW; RNA SYNTHESIS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 84894065029     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00031     Document Type: Review

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