BDNF released during neuropathic pain potentiates NMDA receptors in primary afferent terminals

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1439-1454

  Chen, Wenling ^a,b   Walwyn, Wendy ^b   Ennes, Helena S ^b   Kim, Hyeyoung ^b   Mcroberts, James A ^a,b   Marvizón, Juan Carlos G ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microglia; Mouse; Neurokinin 1 receptor; Rat; Substance P; TrkB receptor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEURALGIA; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURALGIA; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 84899944657     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12516     Document Type: Article

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