Normal and injury-induced sympathetic innervation of rat dorsal root ganglia increases with age

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-47

  Ramer, Matt S ^a   Bisby, Mark A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenergic, hyperalgesia; Allodynia; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SCIATIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032571798     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980427)394:1<38::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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