Influence of inflammation or disconnection from peripheral target tissue on the capsaicin sensitivity of rat dorsal root ganglion sensory neurones

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-122

  Hu Tsai, Mi ^a,c   Woolf, Clifford ^b   Winter, Janet ^a  

^a Sandoz Institute for Medical Research   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Section 4   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Axotomy; Capsaicin sensitivity; Dorsal root ganglion; Inflammation; Sensory neurones

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0030042722     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12277-X     Document Type: Article

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