Activation of peripheral KCNQ channels attenuates inflammatory pain

Molecular Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hayashi, Hiroki ^a   Iwata, Masashi ^a   Tsuchimori, Noboru ^a   Matsumoto, Tatsumi ^a  

^a TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY LIMITED   (Japan)

Author keywords

ICA 27243; Inflammatory pain; KCNQ; Retigabine; XE 991

Indexed keywords

10,10 BIS(4 PYRIDINYLMETHYL) 9(10H) ANTHRACENONE; ICA 27243; N (6 CHLORO PYRIDIN 3 YL) 3,4 DIFLUORO BENZAMIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT; RETIGABINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG INHIBITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TONIC SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZAMIDES; CARBAMATES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FORMALDEHYDE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; KCNQ POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PYRIDINES; RATS;

EID: 84896702504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8069-10-15     Document Type: Article

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