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Rhizotomy procedure

Known as: radicotomy, Rhizotomy, Rhizotomies 
Surgical interruption of a spinal or cranial nerve root. (From Dorland, 28th ed)
National Institutes of Health

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Surgical incisionstransection of nerve

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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Degeneration of Myelinated Efferent Fibers Induces Spontaneous Activity in Uninjured C-Fiber Afferents
We demonstrated recently that uninjured C-fiber nociceptors in the L4 spinal nerve develop spontaneous activity after transection… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Mechanical hyperalgesia after an L5 spinal nerve lesion in the rat is not dependent on input from injured nerve fibers
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Upregulation of a silent sodium channel after peripheral, but not central, nerve injury in DRG neurons.
After transection of their axons within the sciatic nerve, DRG neurons become hyperexcitable. Recent studies have demonstrated… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
The effects of dorsal rhizotomy and spinal cord isolation on calcitonin gene-related peptide-labeled terminals in the rat lumbar dorsal horn
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
The origin, distribution and synaptic relationships of substance P axons in rat spinal cord
Substance P positive (SP+) immunoperoxidase reaction product has been localized in light and electron microscopic preparations of… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Substance P: Depletion in the dorsal horn of rat spinal cord after section of the peripheral processes of primary sensory neurons
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
The central and peripheral ends of the substance P-containing sensory neurones in the rat trigeminal system
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
GABAergic terminals are presynaptic to primary afferent terminals in the substantia gelatinosa of the rat spinal cord
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Opiate receptor binding in primate spinal cord: distribution and changes after dorsal root section
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Autonomic neurons in the spinal cord of the rhesus monkey: A correlation of the findings of cytoarchitectonics and sympathectomy with fiber degeneration following dorsal rhizotomy
Cytoarchitectonic study of cell groups in the zona intermedia of the spinal cord led to the identification of the following… 
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