Dorsal root section elicits signs of neuropathic pain rather than reversing them in rats with L5 spinal nerve injury

Pain

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-219

  Eschenfelder, Sebastian ^a   Häbler, Heinz Joachim ^a   Jänig, Wilfrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Deafferentation; Dorsal root; Ectopic activity; Hyperalgesia; Neuropathic pain behavior; Pain mechanisms; Rhizotomy; Spinal nerve lesion

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAFFERENTATION; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LESION; NEURALGIA; NEUROPATHY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHIZOTOMY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0342321916     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(00)00285-2     Document Type: Article

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