Table 2.

Differential expression of mRNAs typically associated with neurons.

Gene Symbol	Gene Description	Fold Change Relative to Sham for CCI DF-NE	Fold Change Relative to Sham for CCI CXB-NE	GenBank	Citation
Actb 1	Beta-actin	6.61	8.18	NM_031144	[41]
Cacna1b/Cav2.2	Calcium channel, voltage-dependent, N type, alpha 1B subunit	0.16	0.33	NM_147141	[42]
Calca/CGRP	Calcitonin-related polypetide alpha	0.12	0.13	NM_017338	[43,44]
Comt	Catechol-O-methyltransferase	2.73	1.89	NM_012531	[45,46]
Ednra	Endothelin receptor type A	3.59	0.44	NM_012550	[47]
Grm1	Glutamate receptor, metabotropic 1	0.15	Not detected	NM_017011	[48]
Grm5	Glutamate receptor, metabotropic 5	0.16	0.13	NM_017012	[48]
Kcnj6	Potassium inwardly-rectifying channel, subfamily J, member 6	0.14	Not detected	NM_013192	[49,50]
Kcnq3	Potassium voltage-gated channel, KQT-like subfamily, member 3	0.17	0.18	NM_133322	[49,50]
Ntrk1/TrkA	Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor, type 1	0.13	0.17	NM_021589	[51,52]
Oprd1	Opioid receptor, delta 1	0.2	0.19	NM_012617	[53]
Orpk1	Opioid receptor, kappa 1	0.09	Not detected	NM_017167	[53]
Oprm1	Opioid receptor, mu 1	0.09	0.12	NM_013071	[53]
P2rx4	Purinergic receptor P2X, ligand-gated ion channel 4	2.96	2.28	NM_031594	[54]
Scn9a/Nav1.7	Sodium channel, voltage-gated, type IX, alpha	0.15	0.07	NM_133289	[55]
TrpV3	Transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 3	Not detected	0.11	NM_001025757	[56,57,58]

¹ Denotes genes individually analyzed by qPCR.