The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 369-377 , April 2010

Mechanisms Mediating Vibration-Induced Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Analyzed in the Rat

  • Olayinka A. Dina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Elizabeth K. Joseph

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Jon D. Levine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Prof. Jon D. Levine, C-522/Box 0440 Departments of Medicine and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco, 521 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0440.
    • ,
  • Paul G. Green

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Received 1 May 2009 ,Revised 20 July 2009 ,Accepted 15 August 2009.

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 Supported by grants from NIAMS AR054635 and AR048821, and from NINDS NS053709.

PII: S1526-5900(09)00697-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.08.007

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 369-377 , April 2010

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