Effects of spinal cord stimulation on touch-evoked allodynia involve GABAergic mechanisms. An experimental study in the mononeuropathic rat

Pain

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 287-295

  Cui, Jian Guo ^a   Linderoth, Bengt ^a   Meyerson, Björn A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allodynia; GABA; Nerve injury; Pain; Rat; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; 5 AMINOVALERIC ACID; BACLOFEN; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030220745     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)03069-2     Document Type: Article

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