Cellular mechanisms of hyperalgesia and spontaneous pain in a spinalized rat model of peripheral neuropathy: Changes in myelinated afferent inputs implicated

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2006-2020

  Pitcher, G M ^a   Henry, J L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Dorsal horn; Electrophysiology; Neuropathic pain; Pain; Sciatic nerve injury; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; SUBSTANCE P;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEAT; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0034042351     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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