Neuropathic pain intensity depends on the degree of peripheral nerve injury in the rat

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 399-407

  Abuduhadeer, Tayier ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nerve degeneration; Nerve growth factor; Nerve regeneration spinal nerve injury; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HYPERALGESIA; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE LIGATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 12444323623     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.71.399     Document Type: Article

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