Breakthrough Cancer Pain Is Associated with Spinal Gap Junction Activation via Regulation of Connexin 43 in a Mouse Model

Breakthrough cancer pain (BTcP) is a high-intensity, short-duration, unpredictable and uncontrollable pain. Recent studies have shown that activation of gap junction (GJ) in spinal cord plays an important role in the pathogenesis of BTcP. We examined the expressions of Glial fibrillary acidic protei...

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Main Authors: Xin Li, Siqing Jiang, Hui Yang, Qian Liao, Shousong Cao, Xuebin Yan, Dong Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncel.2017.00207/full