Differential effect of anterior cingulate cortex lesion on mechanical hypersensitivity and escape/avoidance behavior in an animal model of neuropathic pain

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 139-148

  LaGraize, Stacey C ^a   Labuda, Christopher J ^a   Rutledge, Margaret A ^a   Jackson, Raymond L ^a   Fuchs, Perry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Anxiety; Cingulate cortex; Emotion; Limbic system; Neuropathic pain

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CINGULATE GYRUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRIC INJURY; EXPERIMENT; FOOT; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL HYPERSENSITIVITY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL NERVE; STARTLE REFLEX; TIME;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; FEAR; GYRUS CINGULI; HYPERALGESIA; LIGATION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEURALGIA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 2942513686     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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