Activity-dependent slowing of conduction velocity provides a method for identifying different functional classes of C-fibre in the rat saphenous nerve

Neuroscience

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 667-675

  Gee, M D ^a   Lynn, B ^a   Cotsell, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cutaneous afferent; mustard oil; nociceptor; post ganglionic sympathetic neuron; silent nociceptor

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE STIMULATION; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0030218982     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00070-X     Document Type: Article

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