The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 280-286 , March 2010

Learned Avoidance From Noxious Mechanical Simulation But Not Threshold Semmes Weinstein Filament Stimulation After Nerve Injury in Rats

  • Hsiang-En Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Geza Gemes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • Vasiliki Zoga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Takashi Kawano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Quinn H. Hogan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Zablocki Veterans Administration Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Quinn Hogan, Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Medical Education Building, Room M4353, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226.

Received 14 November 2008 ,Revised 1 July 2009 ,Accepted 26 July 2009.

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 Supported by NIH R01 grant NS42150 (to Q. Hogan).

PII: S1526-5900(09)00656-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.07.011

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 280-286 , March 2010

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