Research Article

The Delayed-Onset Mechanical Pain Behavior Induced by Infant Peripheral Nerve Injury Is Accompanied by Sympathetic Sprouting in the Dorsal Root Ganglion

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L5 SNL in adult rats produces the early mechanical and thermal (50°C) pain hypersensitivity (a, b). Infant rats show delayed-onset mechanical allodynia from postoperative day 28 (c). No heat hyperalgesia was observed in pups (d). SNL surgery: , sham control: ; vs. preoperative test in L5 SNL group and ; ## vs. preoperative test in sham group, one-way ANOVA; vs. sham control and , Student’s -test.
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