Peroneal afferent nerve discharges underlying the behavioral response to the formalin test

Regional Anesthesia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 226-233

  Abram, Stephen E ^a   Dean, Caron ^a,b   O'Connor, Therese C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

afferent nerve activity; formalin; nociceptor

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029923775     PISSN: 0146521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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