Myelinated afferent fiber types that become spontaneously active and mechanosensitive following nerve transection in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 824, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-223

  Tal, Michael ^a   Wall, Patrick D ^b   Devor, Marshall ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Afferent type; Ectopic firing; Nerve injury; Neuroma; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROMA; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SURAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; CATS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROMA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0033541510     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01190-7     Document Type: Article

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