Chronic effects of the nucleus pulposus applied to nerve roots on ectopic firing and conduction velocity

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 2661-2665

  Ozawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Atsuta, Yuji ^b   Kato, Tadahiko ^b  

^a Shindo Hospital   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Dorsal root ganglion; Ectopic firing; Nerve conduction; Nerve root; Nucleus pulposus; Sural nerve

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; INFLAMMATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ROOT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SURAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035893943     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200112150-00005     Document Type: Article

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