Thalamic activation in a disc herniation model

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 2846-2852

  Brisby, Helena ^a   Hammar, Ingela ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Afferent fibers; Disc herniation; Electrophysiology; Nucleus pulposus; Pain; Spinothalamic tract; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; THALAMUS; ANIMAL; BACKACHE; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SENSORY NERVE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BACK PAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; INJECTIONS, EPIDURAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39049108714     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31815b6526     Document Type: Article

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