Neural-immune interactions: Implications for pain management in patients with low-back pain and sciatica

Biological Research for Nursing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 196-206

  Starkweather, Angela ^a   Witek Janusek, Linda ^b   Mathews, Herbert L ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Lumbar herniated disc; Nucleus pulposus; Proinflammatory cytokines

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; ISCHIALGIA; LOW BACK PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; SCIATICA;

EID: 16644380453     PISSN: 10998004     EISSN: 15524175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1099800404272221     Document Type: Review

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