Spinal nerve ligation-induced neuropathy in the rat: Sensory disorders and correlation between histology of the peripheral nerves

Pain

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 161-170

  Röyttä, Matias ^a   Wei, Hong ^a,b   Pertovaara, Antti ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Hyperalgesia; Morphological changes; Neuropathy; Rat; Spinal neurectomy

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE LIGATION; NEURALGIA; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; HYPERALGESIA; LIGATION; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SENSATION DISORDERS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0345561593     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(98)00199-7     Document Type: Article

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