Transient cervical nerve root compression in the rat induces bilateral forepaw allodynia and spinal glial activation: Mechanical factors in painful neck injuries

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1924-1932

  Hubbard, Raymond D ^a   Winkelstein, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Biomechanics; Cervical; Glia; Neck pain; Nerve root; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; FOREFOOT; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NECK PAIN; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTROCYTES; FORELIMB; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGLIA; NECK INJURIES; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROGLIA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24744470059     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000176239.72928.00     Document Type: Article

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