Postnatal development of the nociceptive withdrawal reflexes in the rat: A behavioural and electromyographic study

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 239-252

  Holmberg, Hans ^a   Schouenborg, Jens ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; MALE; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0029878664     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021379     Document Type: Article

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