Tactile allodynia, but not thermal hyperalgesia, of the hindlimbs is blocked by spinal transection in rats with nerve injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 79-82

  Bian, Di ^a   Ossipov, Michael H ^a   Zhong, Chengmin ^a   Malan Jr , T Philip ^a   Porreca, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperalgesia; Neuropathic pain; Spinal transection

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSATION; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEURALGIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TEMPERATURE; TOUCH;

EID: 0032579565     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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