Pain behavior and response properties of spinal dorsal horn neurons following experimental diabetic neuropathy in the rat: Modulation by nitecapone, a COMT inhibitor with antioxidant properties

A Pertovaara, H Wei, J Kalmari, M Ruotsalainen

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Original languageEnglish
JournalExperimental Neurology
Volume167
Pages (from-to)425-434
Number of pages10
ISSN0014-4886
Publication statusPublished - 2001
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Fields of Science

  • diabetic neuropathy
  • spinal dorsal horn
  • mechanical hyperalgesia
  • tactile allodynia
  • nitecapone
  • rostroventromedial medulla
  • CATECHOL-O-METHYLTRANSFERASE
  • EXPERIMENTAL PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY
  • PROTEIN-KINASE-C
  • MECHANICAL HYPERALGESIA
  • REVERSIBLE SPINALIZATION
  • PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY
  • ANESTHETIZED RATS
  • NERVE LIGATION
  • SCIATIC-NERVE
  • MODEL
  • 3112 Neurosciences

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