Assessment of sensory thresholds and nociceptive fiber growth after sciatic nerve injury reveals the differential contribution of collateral reinnervation and nerve regeneration to neuropathic pain

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-11

  Cobianchi, Stefano ^a   de Cruz, Julia ^a   Navarro, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algesimetry test; Collateral sprouting; Hyperalgesia; Nerve regeneration; Neuropathic pain; Sensory nerve fibers; Skin innervation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGESIMETRY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE ELONGATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SKIN NERVE; SKIN SENSITIVITY; VON FREY TEST;

ALGESIMETRY TEST; COLLATERAL SPROUTING; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; SENSORY NERVE FIBERS; SKIN INNERVATION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURALGIA; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NEUROPATHY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN;

EID: 84895542831     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2014.02.008     Document Type: Article

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