The effects of punctured nucleus pulposus on lumbar radicular pain in rats: A behavioral and immunohistochemical study - Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 492-500

  Zhang, Kui Bo ^a   Zheng, Zhao Min ^a   Liu, Hui ^a   Liu, Xian Guo ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animal model; Intervertebral disc degeneration; Radicular pain; Rat; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADICULAR PAIN; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCCYX; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADICULOPATHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 70349645330     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.4.SPINE08744     Document Type: Article

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