Periaqueductal gray stimulation suppresses spontaneous pain behavior in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 514, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-45

  Lee, Kuo Sheng ^a   Huang, Yu Hsin ^a   Yen, Chen Tung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allodynia; Analgesia; Neuropathic pain; PAG DBS

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MECHANICS; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALGESIA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84862793946     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.02.053     Document Type: Article

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