The effects of aging on thermal hyperalgesia and tactile-evoked allodynia using two models of peripheral mononeuropathy in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 103-106

  Crisp, Terriann ^a   Giles, Jennifer R ^a   Cruce, William L R ^b   McBurney, Denise L ^b   Stuesse, Sherry L ^b  

^a Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Chronic constriction injury; Neuropathic pain; Partial sciatic nerve ligation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYBRID; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0037457318     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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