Effects of lumbar sympathectomy on pain behavioral changes caused by nucleus pulposus-induced spinal nerve damage in rats

Mechanical compression of the lumbar ner

Mechanical compression of the lumbar nerve root alters pain-related behaviors induced by the nucleus pulposus in the rat

✍ Mamoru Kawakami; Tetsuya Tamaki; Nobuhiro Hayashi; Hiroshi Hashizume; Takuji Mat 📂 Article 📅 2000 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 894 KB

## Abstract The purpose of this study was to refine a method of nerve‐root injury in the rat to produce hyperalgesia, a pain‐related behavior, and to determine if there were any relationships between the histological extent of nerve‐root injury and the magnitude of hyperalgesia. Three methods were