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Volume 151, Issue 2 , Pages 414-421 , November 2010

Neuronal hyperexcitability in the dorsal horn after painful facet joint injury

  • Kyle P. Quinn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Ling Dong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Francis J. Golder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Studies – Philadelphia, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Beth A. Winkelstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, 240 Skirkanich Hall, 210 S. 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6321, United States. Tel.: +215 573 4589; fax: +215 573 2071.
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Received 2 April 2010 ,Revised 23 June 2010 ,Accepted 31 July 2010.

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PII: S0304-3959(10)00470-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.07.034

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