Release of γ-aminobutyric acid in the dorsal horn and suppression of tactile allodynia by spinal cord stimulation in mononeuropathic rats

Neurosurgery

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 367-375

  Stiller, Carl Olav ^a   Cui, Jian Guo ^a   O'Connor, William T ^b   Brodin, Ernst ^a   Meyerson, Björn A ^b   Linderoth, Bengt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Dorsal horn; GABA; Neuropathic pain; Rat; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURALGIA; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH;

EID: 0029954479     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199608000-00026     Document Type: Article

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