Pathogenesis of sciatic pain: Role of herniated nucleus pulposus and deformation of spinal nerve root and dorsal root ganglion

Pain

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 99-105

  Omarker, Kjell ^a,b   Myers, Robert R ^a  

^a Depts Anesth Pathol (N   (United States)

^b Dept Orthopaedics Sahlgrenska U ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Inflammation; Ischemia; Nerve injury; Nucleus pulposus; TNF

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL ROOT; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HEAT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PUNCTURES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATICA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0031770778     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00119-5     Document Type: Article

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