ERK2 alone drives inflammatory pain but cooperates with ERK1 in sensory neuron survival

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 9491-9507

  O’Brien, Daniel E ^a   Alter, Benedict J ^a   Satomoto, Maiko ^a   Morgan, Clinton D ^a   Davidson, Steve ^a   Vogt, Sherri K ^a   Norman, Megan E ^a   Gereau, Graydon B ^a   Demaro, Joseph A ^a   Landreth, Gary E ^b   Golden, Judith P ^a   Gereau, Robert W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ERK; MAP kinase; MEK; Nociception; Pain; Sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; FREUND ADJUVANT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.8;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; COLD SENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PAW EDEMA; EXTENDED COLD PLANTAR ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HARGREAVES TEST; HEAT PAIN THRESHOLD; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY PAIN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PAIN RECEPTOR; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDALL-SELITTO TEST; ROTAROD TEST; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TAIL FLICK TEST; VON FREY TEST; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL SURVIVAL; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SURVIVAL; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84933544769     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4404-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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