Comparison of neuropathic pain induced by the application of normal and mechanically compressed nucleus pulposus to lumbar nerve roots in the rat

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 535-539

  Kawakami, Mamoru ^a   Hashizume, Hiroshi ^a   Nishi, Hideto ^a   Matsumoto, Takuji ^a   Tamaki, Tetsuya ^a   Kuribayashi, Koichi ^b  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kansai College of Oriental Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; LOADS (FORCES); MECHANICAL TESTING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

MECHANICAL COMPRESSION;

TISSUE;

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPINAL ROOT; SPINE SURGERY; TAIL; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0038405091     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(02)00192-4     Document Type: Article

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