Altered nociceptive neuronal circuits after neonatal peripheral inflammation

Science

Volumn 289, Issue 5479, 2000, Pages 628-630

  Ruda, M A ^a   Ling, Qing Dong ^a   Hohmann, Andrea G ^a   Peng, Yuan Bo ^a   Tachibana, Toshiya ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INFLAMMATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; TISSUE INJURY;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; CELL COUNT; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HINDLIMB; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034725740     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.289.5479.628     Document Type: Article

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