Sensory and sympathetic nerve fibers undergo sprouting and neuroma formation in the painful arthritic joint of geriatric mice

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Jimenez Andrade, Juan M ^a,b   Mantyh, Patrick W ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE TAMAULIPAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CD68 ANTIGEN; FREUND ADJUVANT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; NEUROMODULIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROMA; NONHUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYNOVIUM; WEIGHT BEARING; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; INNERVATION; KNEE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGING; ANIMALS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; KNEE JOINT; MICE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROMA;

EID: 84860273554     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/ar3826     Document Type: Article

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