Electroacupuncture attenuates mechanical allodynia by suppressing the spinal JNK1/2 pathway in a rat model of inflammatory pain

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-36

  Du, Jun Ying ^a   Fang, Jian Qiao ^a   Liang, Yi ^a   Fang, Jun Fan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analgesia; C Jun; CFA; COX 2; Electroacupuncture; Inflammatory pain; JNK1 2

Indexed keywords

ANTHRA[1,9 CD]PYRAZOL 6(2H) ONE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; JANUS KINASE 1; JANUS KINASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; FREUND ADJUVANT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 9; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

ALLODYNIA; ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOSPHORYLATION; SPINAL CORD; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ANIMAL MODEL; DOWN REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 8; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 9; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84906773108     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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