Remote astrocytic and microglial activation modulates neuronal hyperexcitability and below-level neuropathic pain after spinal injury in rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 895-903

  Gwak, Y S ^a   Hulsebosch, C E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

allodynia; hyperexcitability; spinal cord injury; spinal glia; WDR neuron

Indexed keywords

PROPENTOFYLLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; XANTHINES;

EID: 67349274699     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.03.055     Document Type: Article

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