Afferent and efferent connections of the rat tail flick reflex (a model used to analyze pain control mechanisms)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 1982, Pages 9-16

  Grossman, M L ^b   Basbaum, A I ^a,d   Fields, H L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California ^*

^c Departments of Neurology   (United States)

^d UCSF Department of Anatomy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; HISTOLOGY; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RAT; REFLEX; TAIL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMAL; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NOCICEPTORS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TAIL;

EID: 0020053068     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.902060103     Document Type: Article

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