Modification of cortical excitability in neuropathic rats: A voltage-sensitive dye study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 464, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-121

  Cha, Myeoung Hoon ^a   Kim, Dae Shik ^b   Cho, Zang Hee ^c   Sohn, Jin Hun ^d   Chung, Myung Ae ^e   Lee, Hye Jung ^f   Nam, Taick Sang ^a   Lee, Bae Hwan ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Gachon University   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^e Electronics and Telecomunications Research Institute   (South Korea)

^f Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nerve injury; Neuropathic pain; Optical imaging; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSORY CORTEX; SURAL NERVE; THERMAL STIMULATION; TIBIAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MALE; NEURALGIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 69549085197     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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