Environmental housing affects the duration of mechanical allodynia and the spinal astroglial activation in a rat model of chronic inflammatory pain

Brain Research

Volumn 1276, Issue , 2009, Pages 83-90

  Gabriel, Anne F ^a,b   Marcus, Marco A E ^a   Honig, Wiel M M ^a   Helgers, Nicole ^a   Joosten, Elbert A J ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Enriched environment; Housing; Inflammatory pain; Mechanical allodynia

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CAGE; CELL ACTIVATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TREADMILL; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CARRAGEENAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 67349179159     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.04.039     Document Type: Article

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