Thalamic neuronal activity in rats with mechanical allodynia following contusive spinal cord injury

Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 715-722

  Gerke, M B ^a   Duggan, A W ^a   Xu, L ^a   Siddall, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Afterdischarges; Neuropathic pain; Oscillatory firing; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; NEURONS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037475137     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00961-2     Document Type: Article

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