Systemic Glucocorticoid Therapy Reduces Pain and the Number of Endoneurial Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha (TNFα )-Positive Mast Cells in Rats With a Painful Peripheral Neuropathy
Clinical and experimental evidence suggests that glucocorticoids may be effective in the treatment of neuropathic pain, but their mechanism of action is unknown. We gave triamcinolone (3 mg/kg) to rats with an experimental post-traumatic painful peripheral neuropathy, chronic constriction injury (CC...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2008-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pharmacological Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319314744 |