Loss of Central Inhibition: Implications for Behavioral Hypersensitivity after Contusive Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

Figure 4

Protein expression of the AMPA receptor GluR3 as detected by immunoblotting. At both acute (1 week) and chronic (12 wks) time points, the protein expression of GluR3 increased at all levels of the spinal cord, but most notably at the lumbar level. This increase was even more notable on week 12, at T5/6, T10/11, and L2, however; the expression of GluR3 at L5 did not change significantly from week 1.