Monday, August 3, 2009

Nerve 'injury' and consequences well observed in animals

Ligation injury of the L5/L6 nerve roots in rats produces behavioral signs representative of clinical conditions of neuropathic pain, including tactile allodynia and thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia.

Anesthesiology:
January 1997 - Volume 86 - Issue 1 - pp 196-204
Laboratory Investigation