Supraspinal involvement in the production of mechanical allodynia by spinal nerve injury in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 117-119

  Sung, Backil ^a,b   Na, Heung Sik ^a   Kim, Yang In ^a   Yoon, Young Wook ^a   Han, Hee Chul ^a   Nahm, Sook Hyun ^a   Hong, Seung Kil ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sahmyook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperalgesia; Nerve injury; Neuropathic pain; Spinal reflex

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; NERVE INJURY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; SPINAL NERVE; SPINAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; HAIR; MALE; PAIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES; TAIL;

EID: 0032562555     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00235-3     Document Type: Article

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