Capsaicin-sensitive afferents mediate chronic cold, but not mechanical, allodynia-like behavior in spinally injured rats

Brain Research

Volumn 722, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 177-180

  Hao, Jing Xia ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Xu, Xiao Jun ^a   Wiesenfeld Hallin, Zsuzsanna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

allodynia; analgesia; C fiber; capsaicin; cold; hyperalgesia; mechanical stimulation; neuropathic pain; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; RESINIFERATOXIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029896106     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00216-8     Document Type: Article

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