Intraneural dexamethasone applied simultaneously to rat sciatic nerve constriction delays the development of hyperalgesia and allodynia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 510, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-23

  Bastos, Leandro F S ^a,b   Medeiros, Daniel C ^a   Vieira, Rafael P ^c   Watkins, Linda R ^b   Coelho, Márcio M ^d   Moraes, Márcio F D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UFMG   (Brazil)

^d Departamento de Produtos Farmaceuticos   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic constriction injury; Corticosteroid; Inflammation; Neuroimmune interaction; Neuropathic pain; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE LESION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYPERALGESIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEURALGIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 84856520711     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.12.062     Document Type: Article

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