Behavioral analysis of diffuse noxious inhibitory controls (DNIC): Antinociception and escape reactions

Pain

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 307-312

  Morgan, Michael M ^b   Whitney, Pamela K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterirritation; Dorsal horn; Environmentally induced analgesia (EIA); Nociception; Pain moduiation; Tail flick reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0030220220     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)03061-8     Document Type: Article

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