Neonatal repetitive needle pricking: Plasticity of the spinal nociceptive circuit and extended postoperative pain in later life

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-97

  Knaepen, Liesbeth ^a   Patijn, Jacob ^a   van Kleef, Maarten ^a   Mulder, Mark ^a   Tibboel, Dick ^b   Joosten, Elbert A J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CGRP; Neonatal pain; Postoperative pain; Rat; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NEONATAL REPETITIVE NEEDLE PRICKING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SKIN INCISION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 84870729881     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22047     Document Type: Article

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