Contralateral High or a Combination of High- and Low-Frequency Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Reduces Mechanical Allodynia and Alters Dorsal Horn Neurotransmitter Content in Neuropathic Rats

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-229

  Somers, David L ^a   Clemente, F Richard ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allodynia; analgesia; causalgia; Neurotransmitter; pain; TENS

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RAT; SKIN; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 58849097046     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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