Cutaneous inhibitory receptive fields of withdrawal reflexes in the decerebrate spinal rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 493, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 253-265

  Weng, Han Rong ^a   Schouenborg, Jens ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SKIN RECEPTOR; SKIN STIMULATION; TAIL; THERMAL STIMULATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

EID: 0029879126     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021380     Document Type: Article

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