Gabapentin alleviates facet-mediated pain in the rat through reduced neuronal hyperexcitability and astrocytic activation in the spinal cord

Journal of Pain

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1564-1572

  Dong, Ling ^a   Crosby, Nathan D ^a   Winkelstein, Beth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocyte; facet joint; gabapentin; Neuronal hyperexcitability; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERALGESIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ASTROCYTE; FACET JOINT; GABAPENTIN; NEURONAL HYPEREXCITABILITY; SPINAL CORD;

AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ARTHRALGIA; ASTROCYTES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; MALE; NEURONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84888637722     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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