Abstract: The present invention provides a method for ameliorating inflammatory and/or neuropathic pain in a subject by modifying the activity of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in cells of the subject by inhibition of the interaction of the unique domain of the tyrosine kinase Src enzyme and the NMDA receptor complex.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for modifying the activity of NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate)receptors in cells by inhibition of the interaction of the unique domain of the tyrosine kinase Src enzyme and the NMDA receptor complex.

Abstract: The optical imaging of two-dimensional solute zone arrays in electrophoresis gels is corrected for nonuniformities in the optical system such as those arising from the light source or from light dispersion underneath the gel. The correction is achieved by the use of a reference plate that responds to a light source uniformly along its length and width by being either uniformly light absorptive or uniformly light transmissive, or by emitting light upon excitation. Thus, any nonuniformities or deviations in the image of the reference plate arise only from nonuniformities or deviations within the optical system. Analogous corrections are made in other two-dimensional assay images, such as microarrays and microtiter plates.