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Eccentric muscle contraction and stretching evoke mechanical hyperalgesia and modulate CGRP and P2X3 expression in a functionally relevant manner

  • Dean Dessem

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland, 650 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    • Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland, 650 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Tel.: +1 410 706 7257; fax: +1 410 706 0193.
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  • Ranjinidevi Ambalavanar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland, 650 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    • ,
  • Melena Evancho

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland, 650 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    • ,
  • Aicha Moutanni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland, 650 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    • ,
  • Chandrasekhar Yallampalli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
    • ,
  • Guang Bai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neural and Pain Sciences, University of Maryland, 650 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    • Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 3 January 2010 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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