Chronic central pain after spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 517-537

  Christensen, Marc D ^a   Hulsebosch, Claire E ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Nociception; Pain; Rats; Spinal cord injury; Wide dynamic range neurons

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; CHRONIC PAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THERMAL STIMULATION; VOCALIZATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0030879294     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.1997.14.517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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