Selective loss of spinal GABAergic or glycinergic neurons is not necessary for development of thermal hyperalgesia in the chronic constriction injury model of neuropathic pain

Pain

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 229-239

  Polgar E ^a   Hughes, D I ^a   Riddell, J S ^a   Maxwell, D J ^a   Puskar Z ^b   Todd, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Disector method; GABA; Glycine; Immunocytochemistry; Post embedding

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTRICTION INJURY; DISEASE COURSE; FOOT; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INJURY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; STEREOMETRY; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0037485919     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(03)00011-3     Document Type: Article

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