Resiniferatoxin induces paradoxical changes in thermal and mechanical sensitivities in rats: Mechanism of action

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 2911-2919

  Pan, Hui Lin ^a,b   Khan, Ghous M ^a   Alloway, Kevin D ^a   Chen, Shao Rui ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal sprouting; Capsaicin; Neuropathic pain; Postherpetic neuralgia; Spinal cord dorsal horn; TRPV channel; VR1 receptor

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; LECTIN; RESINIFERATOXIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0037387124     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-02911.2003     Document Type: Article

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