Peripheral nerve pathology following sciatic cryoneurolysis: Relationship to neuropathic behaviors in the rat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 256-264

  Wagner, Rochelle ^a   DeLeo, Joyce A ^a   Heckman, Heidi M ^b   Myers, Robert R ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0029153180     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1995.1028     Document Type: Article

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