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Intraplantar PGE2 causes nociceptive behaviour and mechanical allodynia: the role of prostanoid E receptors and protein kinases
Article first published online: 29 JAN 2009
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707149
2007 British Pharmacological Society
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Kassuya, C. A. L., Ferreira, J., Claudino, R. F. and Calixto, J. B. (2007), Intraplantar PGE2 causes nociceptive behaviour and mechanical allodynia: the role of prostanoid E receptors and protein kinases. British Journal of Pharmacology, 150: 727–737. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707149
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- Issue published online: 29 JAN 2009
- Article first published online: 29 JAN 2009
- (Received May 11, 2006, Revised August 1, 2006, Accepted December 12, 2006)
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