Evidence for slowly conducting afferent fibres innervating both tooth pulp and periodontal ligament in the cat

Pain

Volumn 65, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 181-188

  Mengel, M K C ^a,c   Jyvasjarvi E ^a,d   Kniffki, Klaus D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Fachklinik fur Psychiat P   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Branching fiber; Periodontal stimulation; Tooth stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TOOTH PULP;

EID: 0030152824     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(95)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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