Neuronal disinhibition in the trigeminal nucleus caudalis in a model of chronic neuropathic pain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-408

  Martin, Yasmina B ^a   Malmierca, Eduardo ^a,b   Avendaño, Carlos ^a   Nuñez, Angel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

allodynia; GAD65; rat; trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65;

AFTERDISCHARGE; ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACE PAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; LOW THRESHOLD MECHANORECEPTIVE NERVE CELL; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CELL; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TACTILE STIMULATION; THERMAL STIMULATION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURALGIA; NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 77955163364     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07302.x     Document Type: Article

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