Aging and neuropathic pain

Brain Research

Volumn 833, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 308-310

  Novak, J C ^a,b   Lovell, J A ^a,b   Stuesse, S L ^a,b   Cruce, W L R ^a,b   McBurney, D L ^a,b   Crisp, T ^a,b  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyperalgesia; Nerve injury; Nociception; Rat; Sciatic nerve ligation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE LIGATION; NEURALGIA; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENESCENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; LIGATION; MALE; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0033519873     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01522-X     Document Type: Article

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