Deafferentation is insufficient to induce sprouting of A-fibre central terminals in the rat dorsal horn

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 393, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-144

  Mannion, R J ^a   Doubell, T P ^a,b   Gill, H ^a   Woolf, C J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Denervation; Pain; Rhizotomy; Sensory neuron; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DEAFFERENTATION; GROWTH STIMULATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOTOMY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0031952032     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980406)393:2<135::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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