Anodally focused polarization of peripheral nerve allows discrimination of myelinated and unmyelinated fiber input to brainstem nuclei

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-390

  Petruska, Jeffrey C ^a   Hubscher, Charles H ^b   Johnson, Richard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

C fibers; Dorsal column nuclei; Medullary reticular formation; Pain; Selective conduction

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FOOT; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; GRACILE NUCLEUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PLASTICITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCIATIC NERVE; SURAL NERVE; TIBIAL NERVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; RATS; RETICULAR FORMATION; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0031822897     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050472     Document Type: Article

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