Long-term changes in sciatic-evoked A-fiber dorsal horn field potentials accompany loose ligation of the sciatic nerve in rats

Pain

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 353-359

  Miletic, Gordana ^a   Miletic, Vjekoslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Nociception; Pain; Primary afferents; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MUSCLE SPINDLE AFFERENT NERVE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; LIGATION; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033958964     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00227-4     Document Type: Article

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