Responses of axotomized afferents to blockade of nitric oxide synthesis after spinal nerve lesion in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-36

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nerve lesion; Neuropathic pain; Nitric oxide; Primary afferent neuron; Rat

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD BLOOD FLOW; SPINAL NERVE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0344404316     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00647-8     Document Type: Article

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