Sympathectomy does not affect the early ectopic discharge from myelinated fibres in ferret inferior alveolar nerve neuromas

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 89-92

  Bongenhielm, U ^a,b   Yates, J M ^a   Fried, K ^b   Robinson, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mechanical sensitivity; Neuroma; Pain; Spontaneous activity; Sympathectomy; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FERRET; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHECTOMY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FERRETS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROMA; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHECTOMY;

EID: 0032478544     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00187-6     Document Type: Article

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