Repeated cold water swim produces delayed nociceptive responses, but not analgesia, for tonic pain in the rat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 303-307

  Fuchs, Perry N ^a   Melzack, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; HYPOALGESIA; MALE; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STRESS; SWIMMING;

EID: 0031149442     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6445     Document Type: Article

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