Exogenous tumor necrosis factor-alpha mimics nucleus pulposus-induced neuropathology: Molecular, histologic, and behavioral comparisons in rats

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Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 2975-2980

  Igarashi, Tamaki ^a   Kikuchi, Shinichi ^a   Shubayev, Veronica ^b   Myers, Robert R ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Nucleus pulposus; Pain; Sciatica; TNF

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RAT; ANIMAL; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL ROOT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATICA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034407331     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200012010-00003     Document Type: Article

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