Diet can modify autotomy behavior in rats following peripheral neurectomy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 71-74

  Shir, Yoram ^a   Ratner, Alexander ^b   Seltzer, Ze'ev ^b,c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Denervation; Diet; Neurectomy; Neuropathic pain; Pain modulation; Phytoestrogens; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HINDLIMB; NERVE LIGATION; NEURECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030723257     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00731-3     Document Type: Article

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