Algesics excite axotomised afferent nerve fibres within the first hours following nerve transection in rats

Pain

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-354

  Michaelis, Martin ^a   Vogel, Carola ^a   Blenk, Karl Heinz ^a   Jänig, Wilfrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Afferent nerve fibres; Bradykinin; Capsaicin; Hypertonic saline solution; Inflammatory mediators; Nerve transection; Prostagandin E2

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; CAPSAICIN; HISTAMINE; IRRITANT AGENT; NORADRENALIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SURAL NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; BRADYKININ; CAPSAICIN; DINOPROSTONE; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030750906     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00050-X     Document Type: Article

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