Dorsal root reflexes in articular afferents occur bilaterally in a chronic model of arthritis in rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 4190-4193

  Rees, H ^a   Sluka, K A ^a,b   Lu, Y ^a   Westlund, K N ^a   Willis, W D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; HYPERALGESIA; KNEE; MALE; NERVE FIBER C; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIMARY AFFERENT DEPOLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THERMAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030447569     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.6.4190     Document Type: Article

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