Reduced conduction failure of the main axon of polymodal nociceptive C-fibres contributes to painful diabetic neuropathy in rats

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-375

  Sun, Wei ^a   Miao, Bei ^a   Wang, Xiu Chao ^a   Duan, Jian Hong ^a   Wang, Wen Ting ^a   Kuang, Fang ^a   Xie, Rou Gang ^a   Xing, Jun Ling ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Song, Xue Jun ^b   Luo, Ceng ^a   Hu, San Jue ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Parker University Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

conduction failure; main axon; painful diabetic neuropathy; polymodal nociceptive C fibre

Indexed keywords

DENDROTOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

ALLODYNIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE C FIBER; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84863169877     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr345     Document Type: Article

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