The Journal of Pain
Volume 8, Issue 7 , Pages 588-597 , July 2007

P2X3 Receptor Mediates Heat Hyperalgesia in a Rat Model of Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain

  • Masamichi Shinoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Kiyohito Kawashima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Noriyuki Ozaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Hideaki Asai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
    • ,
  • Kenjiro Nagamine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
    • ,
  • Yasuo Sugiura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Yasuo Sugiura, Department of Functional Anatomy and Neuroscience, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.

Received 26 May 2006 ,Revised 6 February 2007 ,Accepted 11 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.03.001

The Journal of Pain
Volume 8, Issue 7 , Pages 588-597 , July 2007

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