The magnitude of mechanical allodynia in a rodent model of lumbar radiculopathy is dependent on strain and sex

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1821-1827

  LaCroix Fralish, Michael L ^a   Rutkowski, Maria D ^b   Weinstein, James N ^c   Mogil, Jeffrey S ^d   DeLeo, Joyce A ^a,b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genetics; Low back pain; Radicular pain; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULOPATHY; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TOUCH; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 23944462895     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000174122.63291.38     Document Type: Article

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