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Deafferentation procedure

Known as: Deafferentation, Denervation 
Cutting off the afferent nerve supply. Often performed to relieve pain. (Taber's).
National Institutes of Health

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Review
1999
Review
1999
Rescue and Regrowth of Sensory Nerves Following Deafferentation by Neurotrophic Factors
ABSTRACT: Trauma and loss of cochlear inner hair cells causes a series of events that result first in the retraction of the… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Functional reorganization in adult monkey thalamus after peripheral nerve injury
LARGE changes in somatotopic organization can be induced in adult primate somatosensory cortex by cutting peripheral afferents… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Neurons containing messenger RNA encoding glutamate decarboxylase in rat hypothalamus demonstrated by in situ hybridization, with special emphasis on cell groups in medial preoptic area, anterior…
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Cutaneous responsiveness in primary somatosensory (S-I) hindpaw cortex before and after partial hindpaw deafferentation in adult rats
The hindpaw of the rat is normally innervated by the sciatic and saphenous nerves. In the present studies, the hindpaws of adult… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
Deafferentation in animals as a model for the study of pain: an alternative hypothesis
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Neuronal plasticity in the deafferented hypothalamic arcuate nucleus of adult female rats and its enhancement by treatment with estrogen
The hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARCN) was examined ultrastructurally 3 or 21 days after complete deafferentation of the medial… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP): Brain distribution, subcellular localization and effect of deafferentation of the hypothalamus in male rats
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Behavioral correlates of denervation and reinnervation of the hippocampal formation of the rat: Recovery of alternation performance following unilateral entorhinal cortex lesions
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Effects of central lesions on disorders produced by multiple dorsal rhizotomy in rats.
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Neuronal hyperactivity in experimental trigeminal deafferentation.
✓ Postoperative facial paresthesias frequently occur in patients following retrogasserian rhizotomy. To investigate the etiology… 
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