Opioidergic modulation of spinal reflexes activated by mechanical stimulation of the heel in the decerebrated, spinalized rabbit

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 18-24

  Clarke, Rob W ^a   Harris, John ^a   Houghton, Andrea K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endogenous opioid peptide; Nociception; Rabbit; Spinal shock; Withdrawal reflex

Indexed keywords

OPIATE ANTAGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; QUADAZOCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOTOR NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REFLEX; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; AZOCINES; BLOOD PRESSURE; DECEREBRATE STATE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HEEL; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; REFLEX; SPINAL CORD; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0031945732     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050373     Document Type: Article

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