The nerve supply of the lumbar intervertebral disc

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1135-1139

  Edgar, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BACKACHE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; DORSAL ROOT; EXPERIMENTATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NERVE ENDING; NOCICEPTION; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VISCERAL PAIN;

ANIMALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 35848965939     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.89B9.18939     Document Type: Review

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