Refinement of symptoms of neuropathic pain measurements after various transections of the nerve endings of the sciatic and femoral nerve in rats: An exploratory behavioral analysis

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1236-1245

  Van Remoortere, Marie P ^a   Meert, Theo F ^b   Vissers, Kris C ^c   Coppenolle, Hans ^b   Adriaensen, Hugo ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONE;

ALLODYNIA; ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMORAL NERVE; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMORAL NEUROPATHY; MALE; NERVE ENDINGS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY;

EID: 34247483874     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000260319.12133.89     Document Type: Article

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