Thermosensitivity of acutely axotomized sensory nerve fibers

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 743-752

  Blenk, Karl Heinz ^a   Michaelis, Martin ^a   Vogel, Carola ^a   Jänig, Wilfrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0029793687     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.743     Document Type: Article

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