Mechanical hyperalgesia after an L5 spinal nerve lesion in the rat is not dependent on input from injured nerve fibers

Pain

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 493-502

  Li, Yongbo ^a   Dorsi, Michael J ^a   Meyer, Richard A ^a   Belzberg, Allan J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatome; Dorsal rhizotomy; L5 ligation; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Neuropathic pain; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVES; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 0034175661     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00250-5     Document Type: Article

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