Thalamic sensitization transforms localized pain into widespread allodynia

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-91

  Burstein, Rami ^a,b   Jakubowski, Moshe ^a   Garcia Nicas, Esther ^a   Kainz, Vanessa ^a   Bajwa, Zahid ^a   Hargreaves, Richard ^c   Becerra, Lino ^d,e   Borsook, David ^d,e  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MIGRAINE; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN STIMULATION; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DURA MATER; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; OXYGEN; PAIN; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954055409     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21994     Document Type: Article

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