Similar electrophysiological changes in axotomized and neighboring intact dorsal root ganglion neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1588-1602

  Ma, Chao ^a   Shu, Yousheng ^a   Zheng, Zheng ^a   Chen, Yong ^a   Yao, Hang ^a   Greenquist, Kenneth W ^a   White, Fletcher A ^a   LaMotte, Robert H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURALGIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0037341867     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00855.2002     Document Type: Article

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