Estrogen altered facial mechanical pain threshold and trigeminal P2X3 receptor expression.

Journal Article 2011; 32(6): 811-815 PubMed PMID: 22286789 Keywords: Animals, Behavior, Animal:physiology, Estradiol:pharmacology, Estrogens:pharmacology, Facial Pain:physiopathology, Female, Male, Ovariectomy, Pain Measurement, Pain Threshold:drug effects, RNA, Messenger:metabolism, Random Allocation, Rats, Rats, Sprague-.

OBJECTIVES: P2X3 receptors are expressed in trigeminal ganglia (TG) and participate in the transduction of facial pain. However, the mecha.....

Roles of dopamine receptor subtypes in mediating modulation of T lymphocyte function.

Journal Article 2010; 31(6): 782-791 PubMed PMID: 21196914 Keywords: 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepine:pharmacology, Animals, Benzazepines:pharmacology, Blotting, Western, CREB-Binding Protein:metabolism, Cell Proliferation:drug effects, Dopamine Agonists:pharmacology, Dopamine Antagonists:pharmaco.

OBJECTIVE: Dopamine exists in the immune system and has obvious immunomodulating action. However, receptor mechanism underlying the dopami.....

Journal Article 2010; 31(1): 126-130 PubMed PMID: 20150880 Keywords: Animals, Ear, Inner:metabolism, Gene Dosage, Gene Expression, Mice, Mice, Inbred Strains, RNA, Messenger:metabolism, Receptors, Atrial Natriuretic Factor:genetics, Stria Vascularis:metabolism, Vestibule, Labyrinth:metabolism, Water-Electrolyte Balance:gen.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the relative expression levels of NPR-A mRNA in the stria vascularis (StV), nonstrial tissue of the cochlear lateral.....

Journal Article 2010; 31(1): 67-72 PubMed PMID: 20150874 Keywords: Animals, Animals, Genetically Modified, Cell Proliferation:drug effects, Chick Embryo:metabolism, Down-Regulation:drug effects, Embryonic Development:drug effects, Ganglia, Spinal:drug effects, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental:drug effects, Gene .

OBJECTIVE: Protein Isl-1 RNA interference and over expression in early chicken embryo dorsal root ganglia (DRG) were used to investigate t.....

Journal Article 2009; 30(2): 268-274 PubMed PMID: 19675520 Keywords: Animals, Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal:pharmacology, Apoptosis:drug effects, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation:drug effects, Cell Survival:drug effects, Estradiol:analogs & derivatives, Estrogen Antagonists:pharmacology, MAP Kinase Kinase 4:metabolis.

OBJECTIVES: Unlike the successful endocrine therapy of breast cancers and other estrogen-dependent diseases, little is known about the eff.....

Journal Article 2008; 29(6): 911-916 PubMed PMID: 19112407 Keywords: Analysis of Variance, Animals, Capsaicin:pharmacology, Cells, Cultured, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Interactions, Galanin:administration & dosage, Ganglia, Spinal:cytology, Irritants:pharmacology, RNA, Messenger:analysis, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Se.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of exogenous galanin on capsaicin-evoked substance P (SP) release from primary cultured embryonic rat .....