Behavioral manifestations of neuropathic pain and mechanical allodynia, and changes in spinal dorsal horn neurons, following L4-L6 dorsal root constriction in rats

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 503-520

  Tabo, E ^a   Jinks, S L ^b   Eisele Jr , J H ^c   Carstens, E ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal horn neuron; Dorsal root constriction; Mechanical allodynia; Neuropathic pain; Receptive field; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HYPERALGESIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SKIN RECEPTOR; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAIT; HEAT; HINDLIMB; LIGATION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUTURES;

EID: 0032934824     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00243-7     Document Type: Article

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