Preventative and therapeutic effects of a GABA transporter 1 inhibitor administered systemically in a mouse model of paclitaxel-induced neuropathic pain

Background There is a dearth of drugs to manage a dose-limiting painful peripheral neuropathy induced by paclitaxel in some patients during the treatment of cancer. Gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter-1 (GAT-1) whose expression is increased in the brain and spinal cord during paclitaxel-induced neur...

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Main Authors: Willias Masocha, Subramanian S. Parvathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-12-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2798.pdf