Attenuation of mechanical hyperalgesia following spinal cord injury by administration of antibodies to nerve growth factor in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 117-120

  Young, Seob Gwak ^a   Taick, Sang Nam ^a   Kwang, Se Paik ^a   Hulsebosch, Claire E ^b   Leem, Joong Woo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti nerve growth factor; Central pain; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Spinal cord injury; Wide dynamic range neurons

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; LEG; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDER; SPINAL CORD HEMISECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0037448309     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01251-X     Document Type: Article

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