Progressive tactile hypersensitivity: An inflammation-induced incremental increase in the excitability of the spinal cord

Pain

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-106

  Ma, Qing Ping ^a   Woolf, Clifford J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperalgesia; Hypersensitivity; Nociception; Pain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030247053     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)03105-3     Document Type: Article

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