Spinal cord stimulation attenuates dorsal horn neuronal hyperexcitability in a rat model of mononeuropathy

Pain

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 223-233

  Yakhnitsa, Vadym ^a   Linderoth, Bengt ^a   Meyerson, Björn A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperexcitability; Mononeuropathy; Spinal cord stimulation; Wide dynamic range neurons

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE LESION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; LIGATION; MALE; NEURONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033029227     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00169-9     Document Type: Article

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