Quantitative experimental assessment of pain and hyperalgesia in animals and underlying neural mechanisms

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 110, Issue , 1996, Pages 17-31

  Carstens, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEAT; HYPERALGESIA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TAIL FLICK TEST;

EID: 0030448081     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62562-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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