Development of thermal nociception in rats

Pain

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 203-208

  Falcon, Michal ^a   Guendellman, Danielia ^a   Stolberg, Alex ^a   Frenk, Hanan ^a   Urca, Gideon ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypersensitivity; Neonate; Rat; Reflex responsiveness; Thermal nociception

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NEWBORN; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; THERMAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0030245614     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3959(96)03070-9     Document Type: Article

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