Diabetic neuropathic pain: A role for testosterone metabolites

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Calabrese, Donato ^a   Giatti, Silvia ^a   Romano, Simone ^a   Porretta Serapiglia, Carla ^b   Bianchi, Roberto ^b   Milanese, Marco ^c   Bonanno, Giambattista ^c   Caruso, Donatella ^a   Viviani, Barbara ^a   Gardoni, Fabrizio ^a   Garcia Segura, Luis Miguel ^d   Melcangi, Roberto Cosimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocyte immunoreactivity; Cytokines; Diabetic neuropathy; Glutamate; Neuroactive steroids; Streptozotocin; Substance p; Synaptic proteins

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA DIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE C; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPSIN I; SYNTAXIN 1; TESTOSTERONE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DORSAL ROOT; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; METABOLITE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN PARAMETERS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDALL-SELITTO TEST; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS; SYNAPTOSOME; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VON FREY TEST;

ASTROCYTE IMMUNOREACTIVITY; CYTOKINES; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; GLUTAMATE; NEUROACTIVE STEROIDS; STREPTOZOTOCIN; SUBSTANCE P; SYNAPTIC PROTEINS;

ANIMALS; DIABETIC NEUROPATHIES; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84897824612     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-13-0541     Document Type: Article

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