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Galaninergic mechanisms at the spinal level: focus on histochemical phenotyping.
Neuropeptides - 1 Jun 2005
Landry M, Liu H-X, Shi T-J, Brumovsky P, Nagy F, Hökfelt T
Abstract excerpt
The 29/30 amino acid neuropeptide galanin is present in a small population of DRG neurons under normal condition but is strongly upregulated after nerve injury. There is evidence that this upregulated galanin has trophic actions, for example promoting neurite outgrowth as well as influencing pain processing. In fact, both pro- and antinociceptive effects have been reported, probably relating to activation of...
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