A neuronal correlate of secondary hyperalgesia in the rat spinal dorsal horn is submodality selective and facilitated by supraspinal influence

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 193-202

  Pertovaara, Antti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Descending facilitation; Mustard oil; Plasticity in nociception; Presynaptic facilitation; Secondary hyperalgesia; Spinal dorsal horn neuron

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FACILITATION; HYPERALGESIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0031937609     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6688     Document Type: Article

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