Psychoneuroimmunological correlates of persisting sciatic pain in patients who underwent discectomy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 237, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 65-68

  Geiss, Andrea ^a   Varadi, Enikö ^a   Steinbach, Klaus ^b   Bauer, Heinz W ^b   Anton, Fernand ^a,c  

^a Schwerpunkt Schmerzforschung U   (Germany)

^b Klin Orthopad Sportmedizin H   (Germany)

^c Ctr de Rech Pub de la S   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cytokine; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Interleukin 6; Nociception; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; ISCHIALGIA; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ADULT; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY; SALIVA; SCIATICA;

EID: 0031453894     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00810-0     Document Type: Article

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