Differential activation of spinal dorsal horn units by subcutaneous formalin injection in the cat: An electrophysiological study

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-18

  Chen, Jun ^a   Koyama, Natsu ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Central neuronal changes; Dorsal horn; Nociception; Subcutaneous formalin

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; FEMALE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TIME;

ANIMALS; CATS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; NEURONS; PAIN; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031962499     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050250     Document Type: Article

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