Spinal mechanisms underlying persistent pain and referred hyperalgesia in rats with an experimental ureteric stone

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1603-1612

  Roza, Carolina ^a   Laird, Jennifer M A ^a   Cervero, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; KIDNEY COLIC; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; URETER STONE; VISCERAL PAIN;

EID: 0031895772     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1998.79.4.1603     Document Type: Article

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