Increased sensitivity of injured and adjacent uninjured rat primary sensory neurons to exogenous tumor necrosis factor-α after spinal nerve ligation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3028-3038

  Schäfers, Maria ^a   Lee, Doo H ^b   Brors, Dominik ^a   Yaksh, Tony L ^a   Sorkin, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Dorsal root ganglion; Excitability; Injured and uninjured fibers; Spinal nerve ligation; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE;

EID: 17144451153     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-07-03028.2003     Document Type: Article

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