Sympathectomy reduces mechanical allodynia, tumor necrosis factor-alpha expression, and dorsal root ganglion apoptosis following nerve root crush injury

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1163-1169

  Sekiguchi, Miho ^a   Kobayashi, Hideo ^a   Sekiguchi, Yasufumi ^a   Konno, Shin Ichi ^a   Kikuchi, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Mechanical allodynia; Nerve crush injury; Sympathetic nerve; TNF

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH TRAUMA; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL ROOT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CRUSH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHECTOMY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 43549085302     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817144fc     Document Type: Article

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