At-level neuropathic pain is induced by lumbosacral ventral root avulsion injury and ameliorated by root reimplantation into the spinal cord

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 273-282

  Bigbee, A J ^a   Hoang, T X ^a   Havton, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Astrocytes; Inflammation; Macrophages; Microglia; Neural repair; Primary afferents; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REIMPLANTATION; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MICROGLIA; NEURALGIA; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPLANTATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33847259174     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2006.11.003     Document Type: Article

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