Nerve injury-induced neuropathic pain causes disinhibition of the anterior cingulate cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 5754-5764

  Blom, Sigrid Marie ^a   Pfister, Jean Pascal ^a   Santello, Mirko ^a   Senn, Walter ^a   Nevian, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Chronic pain; Disinhibition; Neuronal network; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; SPIKE; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; CHRONIC PAIN; DISINHIBITION; NEURONAL NETWORK; STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GYRUS CINGULI; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURALGIA; NEURONS; PAIN THRESHOLD; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; SCIATIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84899487358     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3667-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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