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Mirror image pain mediated by D2 receptor regulation of astrocytic Cx43 phosphorylation and channel opening

Qinghu Yang1, Ming Jiang1, Sen Xu2

  • 1School of Life Science & Research Center for Natural Peptide Drugs, Shaanxi Engineering & Technological Research Centre for Conservation & Utilization of Regional Biological Resources, Yanan University, Yanan 716000, China; Yanan Engineering & Technological Research Centre for Resource Peptide Drugs, Yanan 716000, China; Yanan Key Laboratory for Neural Immuno-Tumor and Stem Cell, Yanan 716000, China.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Molecular Basis of Disease
|January 30, 2023
PubMed

Keywords:
AstrocyteConnexin 43Dopamine D2 receptorMirror image painProtein kinase A

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