Vol. 25 (6) 2004 Neuro endocrinology letters

Paradoxical firing of thalamic neurons under neuropathic pain state in rats.

OBJECTIVES: A novel evaluative approach was used to determine single unit activities of non-bursting intralaminar thalamic nuclei under neuropathic pain state following dorsal rhizotomy.

SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Extensive dorsal rhizotomy at cervicothoracic level in rats was used as a model of central pain. After rhi.....