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ROOT. That part of a tree or plant under ground from which it draws most of its nourishment from the earth.
2. When the roots of a tree planted in one man's land extend into that of another, this circumstance does not give the latter any right to the tree, though such is the doctrine of the civil law; Dig. 41, 1, 7, 13; but such person has a right to cut off the roots up to his line. Rolle's R. 394, vide Tree.
3. In a figurative sense, the term root is used to signify the person from whom one or more others are descended. Vide Descent; Per stirpes.

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Injury to dorsal root ganglia alters innervation of spinal cord dorsal horn lamina involved in nociception.

Impairment Induction by Axotomy in Motor Functional and Histological Anterior Horn of Spinal Cord Structure/Induccion del Deterioro por Axotomia en la Estructura Motora Funcional e Histologica del Asta Anterior de la Medula Espinal

(2011b; 2015; 2016) explored the role of local protein synthesis in regenerating axons, combined acetylcholinesterase and silver method for demonstrating motor endplates, and expression of Akt, MAPK, c-Jun and c-Fos in the dorsal root ganglia in accelerating motor and sensory functional recovery after crush injury by H.

FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY ENHANCEMENT BY TIGER MILK MUSHROOM, LIGNOSUS RHINOCEROTIS IN A SCIATIC NERVE CRUSH INJURY MODEL AND MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF ITS NEUROTOXICITY

n5-STZ Diabetic model develops alterations in sciatic nerve and dorsal root ganglia neurons of Wistar rats.

Expression of myo-inositol cotransporters in the sciatic nerve and dorsal root ganglia in experimental diabetes

Abbott's DRG therapy is a form of neurostimulation that specifically targets the dorsal root ganglion, a structure along the spinal column which is densely populated with nerves that transmit sensory information to the central nervous system.

Aetna Coverage Decision Extends Abbott's Pain Therapy Option in US

Cisplatin modulates voltage gated channel currents of dorsal root ganglion neurons of rats.

The Role of Ionic Homeostasis in Cisplatin-Induced Neurotoxicity: A Preliminary Study

In cases where dorsal root ganglion cells and sensorial fibers extending to the periphery are intact and anatomic-physiologic integrity is protected, normal SNAPs are obtained, whereas in cases where there is damage in proximal axons reaching the spinal cord from dorsal root ganglion, dermatomal sensory deficit may occur (4).

Electrophysiologic Abnormalities in a Patient with Syringomyelia Referred for Asymmetrical Lower Limb Atrophy/Asimetrik Alt Ekstremite Atrofisi ile Basvuran Bir Siringomiyeli Olgusunda Elektrofizyolojik Bozukluklar

Kramer, "The dorsal root ganglion as a therapeutic target for chronic pain," Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, vol.

Blockage of High-Affinity Choline Transporter Increases Visceral Hypersensitivity in Rats with Chronic Stress

Several studies specifically targeted ion channels (VGSCs, hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channels) in the dorsal root ganglion that are primarily related to nociception.

Dexmedetomidine Inhibits Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels via [alpha]2-Adrenoceptors in Trigeminal Ganglion Neurons

The aim of this report is to describe the use of dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation to treat chronic coccydynia.

Coccydynia Treated with Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation

Hammond, "Spinal nerve ligation does not alter the expression or function of GABA(B) receptors in spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia of the rat," Neuroscience, vol.

Impaired Autophagy of GABAergic Interneurons in Neuropathic Pain

Adequate modeling of a pain system in vitro, for example, would require some combination of keratinocytes and nerve endings, cultures of neurons and glial cells in the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) and the dorsal horn (DH), or other neuronal networks of the brain.

A Proposed Molecular Mechanism for Physical Analgesia in Chronic Pain

Herpes zoster is caused by reactivation of the varicellazoster virus, which lies within the dorsal root ganglion of a spinal nerve.