Mechanical allodynia following contusion injury of the rat spinal cord is associated with loss of GABAergic inhibition in the dorsal horn

Pain

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-388

  Drew, Geoffrey M ^a   Siddall, Philip J ^a   Duggan, Arthur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Dorsal horn; GABA; Inhibition; Neuropathic pain; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SKIN STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYPERALGESIA; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TOUCH; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 2442432825     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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