Microglial proliferation in the spinal cord of aged rats with a sciatic nerve injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-124

  Stuesse, Sherry L ^a   Cruce, William L R ^a   Lovell, John A ^b   McBurney, Denise L ^a   Crisp, Terriann ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dorsal horn; Microglia; Neuropathic pain; Peripheral nerve injury; Thermal hyperalgesia

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROGLIA; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD147; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; AVIAN PROTEINS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROGLIA; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATICA;

EID: 0034705679     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01142-3     Document Type: Article

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