Local application of capsaicin alleviates mechanical hyperalgesia after spinal nerve transection

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 433, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-204

  Kim, Sung Min ^a   Kim, Jisang ^a   Kim, Eunhyun ^a   Hwang, Se Jin ^a   Shin, Hong Kee ^a   Lee, Seo Eun ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP); Capsaicin; Cold allodynia; Mechanical hyperalgesia; Transient receptor potential V1 (TRPV1)

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; VERTEBRA;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CAPSAICIN; CELL COUNT; DENERVATION; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURALGIA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY SYSTEM AGENTS; TRPV CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 40849123940     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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