Hindlimb suspension does not influence mechanical sensitivity, epidermal thickness, and peripheral nerve density in the glabrous skin of the rat hind paw

Physiological Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-123

  Tanaka, Y ^a   Nakano, J ^a,b   Hamaue, Y ^c   Sekino, Y ^c   Sakamoto, J ^d   Kataoka, H ^c   Okita, M ^c  

^a Nagasaki Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidermal thickness; Hindlimb suspension; Mechanical hypersensitivity; Peripheral nerve; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTERONE; PGP9.5 PROTEIN, RAT; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE MODEL; EPIDERMIS; HINDLIMB; IMMOBILIZATION; INNERVATION; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; NOCICEPTION; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRESSURE; RAT; REACTION TIME; SKIN; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORTICOSTERONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDERMIS; HINDLIMB; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PAIN; PAIN PERCEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 84876017386     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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