Loss of neurons from laminas I-III of the spinal dorsal horn is not required for development of tactile allodynia in the spared nerve injury model of neuropathic pain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 6658-6666

  Polgár, Erika ^a   Hughes, David I ^a   Arham, Ahmad Z ^a   Todd, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Cell death; Disinhibition; Microglia; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING ADAPTER MOLECULE 1; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NICK END LABELING; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINE INJURY; TACTILE STIMULATION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL COUNT; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERONEAL NERVE; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETROGRADE DEGENERATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPINAL CORD; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIAL NEUROPATHY; TOUCH;

EID: 22244446763     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1490-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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