Acute differential modulation of synaptic transmission and cell survival during exposure to pulsed and continuous radiofrequency energy

Journal of Pain

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 197-202

  Cahana, Alex ^a   Vutskits, Laszlo ^a   Muller, Dominique ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortex; Hippocampus; Neuropathic pain; Organotypic cultures; Radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038656437     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1526-5900(03)00554-6     Document Type: Article

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