Exposure of the nucleus pulposus to the outside of the anulus fibrosus induces nerve injury and regeneration of the afferent fibers innervating the lumbar intervertebral discs in rats

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1433-1438

  Inoue, Gen ^a   Ohtori, Seiji ^a   Aoki, Yasuchika ^a   Ozawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Doya, Hideo ^a   Saito, Tomoko ^a   Ito, Toshinori ^a   Akazawa, Tsutomu ^a   Moriya, Hideshige ^a   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ATF3; Dorsal root ganglion (DRG); GAP 43; Immunohistochemistry; Intervertebral disc; Low back pain; Nerve ingrowth

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUOROGOLD; NEUROMODULIN; TRACER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; DISEASE MARKER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUNCTURE; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINE; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GAP-43 PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STILBAMIDINES; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33745067505     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000219946.25103.db     Document Type: Article

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