Temporal summation of C-fiber afferent inputs: Competition between facilitatory and inhibitory effects on C-fiber reflex in the rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 3165-3179

  Gozariu, Manuela ^a   Bragard, Dominique ^b   Willer, Jean Claude ^a   Le Bars, Daniel ^a,b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FLEXOR REFLEX; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER C; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL ANIMAL; SPINAL REFLEX; TEMPORAL SUMMATION;

EID: 0031423614     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.78.6.3165     Document Type: Article

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