Mechanical and thermal hyperalgesia and ectopic neuronal discharge after chronic compression of dorsal root ganglia

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3347-3358

  Song, Xue Jun ^a   Hu, San Jue ^a   Greenquist, Kenneth W ^a   Zhang, Jun Ming ^a   Lamotte, Robert H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; NERVE COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL GANGLION; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0033391029     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.3347     Document Type: Article

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