Neuropeptide changes persist in spinal cord despite resolving hyperalgesia in a rat model of mononeuropathy

Brain Research

Volumn 743, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 102-108

  Munglani, R ^a   Harrison, S M ^b   Smith, G D ^b   Bountra, C ^b   Birch, P J ^b   Elliot, P J ^b   Hunt, S P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chronic constriction injury; hyperalgesia; model; nerve injury; neuropathic; neuropeptide; pain; rat; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GALANIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONSTRICTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030447474     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01026-8     Document Type: Article

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