Interest in neuroinflammation and neuroimmune activation has grown rapidly in recent years
with the recognition of the role of central nervous system (CNS) inflammation and immune …

Inflammatory responses are a major component of secondary injury and play a central role in
mediating the pathogenesis of acute and chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). The nuclear factor…

Widerstr[ouml ]m-Noga EG, Felipe-Cuervo E, Yezierski RP. Chronic pain after spinal injury:
interference with sleep and daily activities. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001;82:1571-7. …

Antagonists of glutamate receptors of the N-methyl-d-aspartate subclass (NMDAR) or
inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) prevent nervous system plasticity. Inflammatory and …

Objectives: To determine the perceived difficulty in dealing with consequences of spinal
cord injury (SCI) and to explore patterns of how these complications are perceived. Design: …

Objective. Preclinical studies of pain and aging represent an area of research where
considerations of age, strain, gender, and method of behavioral assessment are but some of the …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Spinal cord injury (SCI) results in a number of consequences;
one of the most difficult to manage is chronic neuropathic pain. Thus, defining the …

Intraspinal injection of quisqualic acid (QUIS) produces excitotoxic injury with pathophysiological
characteristics similar to those associated with ischemic and traumatic spinal cord …

Intraspinal injection of quisqualic acid (QUIS) produces excitotoxic injury with pathological
characteristics similar to those associated with ischemic and traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI). …

Dynorphin A is an endogenous opioid peptide, which has previously been shown to produce
a long-lasting allodynia and hyperalgesia in mice, behavioral states consistent with signs …