Fifth lumbar spinal nerve injury causes neurochemical changes in corresponding as well as adjacent spinal segments: A possible mechanism underlying neuropathic pain

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-50

  Shehab, Safa Al Deen Saudi ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

DRG; L5 nerve injury; Neuroplastic changes; Primary afferents; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ISOLECTIN B4; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GRACILE NUCLEUS; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LECTIN BINDING; LUMBAR SPINE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE LIGATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL NERVE LIGATION INJURY; UPREGULATION;

DRG; L5 NERVE INJURY; NEUROPLASTIC CHANGES; PRIMARY AFFERENTS; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEURALGIA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NEUROKININ-1; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVES; SUBSTANCE P; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84897650681     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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