Hyperalgesia and neural excitability following injuries to central and peripheral branches of axons and somata of dorsal root ganglion neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 2185-2193

  Song, Xue Jun ^a   Vizcarra, Carlos ^a   Xu, Dong Sheng ^a   Rupert, Ronald L ^a   Wong, Zheng Nan ^b  

^a Parker Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; DIZOCILPINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; DRUG EFFECT; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMALS; AXONS; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RHIZOTOMY;

EID: 0037390691     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00802.2002     Document Type: Article

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