Mechanical and thermal allodynia in chronic central pain following spinal cord injury

Pain

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-107

  Christensen, Marc D ^a   Everhart, Alex W ^a   Pickelman, Jason T ^a   Hulsebosch, Claire E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Central pain; Hemisection; Mechanical allodynia; Spinal cord injury; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TEMPERATURE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF MUTILATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030275982     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(96)03224-1     Document Type: Article

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