Hyperbaric oxygen treatment decreases pain in two nerve injury models

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-283

  Thompson, Colleen D ^a   Uhelski, Megan L ^a   Wilson, Judy R ^a   Fuchs, Perry N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antinociception; Hyperbaric oxygen; Hyperbaric treatment; Nerve injury; Neuropathic pain; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77049106289     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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