A subpopulation of rats show social and sleep-waking changes typical of chronic neuropathic pain following peripheral nerve injury

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1907-1920

  Monassi, Claudia R ^a   Bandler, Richard ^a   Keay, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Chronic pain; Hyperalgesia; Nerve injury; Neuropathy; Sleep; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TACTILE STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0037716467     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02627.x     Document Type: Article

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