A preconditioning nerve lesion inhibits mechanical pain hypersensitivity following subsequent neuropathic injury

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A preconditioning stimulus can trigger a neuroprotective phenotype in the nervous system - a preconditioning nerve lesion causes a significant increase in axonal regeneration, and cerebral preconditioning protects against subsequent...

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Main Authors: Wu Ann, Allbutt Haydn N, Li Man, Moalem-Taylor Gila, Tracey David J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2011-01-01
Series:Molecular Pain
Online Access:http://www.molecularpain.com/content/7/1/1