Low-dose methotrexate reduces peripheral nerve injury-evoked spinal microglial activation and neuropathic pain behavior in rats.

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Published in Pain on January 22, 2008

Authors

Joachim Scholz1, Andrea Abele, Claudiu Marian, Annett Häussler, Teri A Herbert, Clifford J Woolf, Irmgard Tegeder

Author Affiliations

1: Neural Plasticity Research Group, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 149 13th Street, Room 4309, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. scholz.joachim@mgh.harvard.edu

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