Potentiation of excitatory transmission in substantia gelatinosa neurons of rat spinal cord by inhibition of estrogen receptor alpha
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It has been shown that estrogen is synthesized in the spinal dorsal horn and plays a role in modulating pain transmission. One of the estrogen receptor (ER) subtypes, estrogen receptor alpha (ERα), is expressed in the spinal laminae...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Molecular Pain |
| Online Access: | http://www.molecularpain.com/content/6/1/92 |