Self-mutilation in young rats after dorsal rhizotomy

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-28

  Vaculin, Simon ^a   Franek, Miloslav ^a   Andrey, Ladislav ^b   Rokyta, Richard ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dorsal rhizotomy; Neuropathic pain; Self mutilation; Single unit activity; Young rat

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMPUTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CELL FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL RHIZOTOMY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; SPIKE; THALAMUS; WOUND;

EID: 15444380734     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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