Contribution of central sensitization to the pain-related abnormal activity in neuropathic rats

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 32-38

  Sotgiu, Maria Luisa ^a,b,c   Biella, Gabriele ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ist di Neurosci e B   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altered pain related activity; Central sensitization; Dorsal horn neurons; Neuropathic rats

Indexed keywords

AFTERDISCHARGE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GANGLION; GANGLION BLOCK; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY;

EID: 0034049215     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220070274     Document Type: Article

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