Epineurial application of TNF elicits an acute mechanical hyperalgesia in the awake rat

Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 96-100

  Sorkin, Linda S ^a,b   Doom, Carmen M ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Inflammation; Neuritis; Neuropathic pain; Pain; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEURITIS; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; INJECTIONS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033917250     PISSN: 10859489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8027.2000.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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