Is neuropathic pain caused by the activation of nociceptive-specific neurons due to anatomic sprouting in the dorsal horn?

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 428, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Blomqvist, Anders ^a   Craig, A D ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE SPROUTING; NOCICEPTION; NOTE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; TOUCH;

EID: 0034606570     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20001204)428:1<1::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Note

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