Spontaneous electrical activity of rabbit trigger spot after transection of spinal cord and peripheral nerve

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 45-58

  Hong, Chang Zern ^a,b   Yu, Jen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Nerve resection; Rabbit; Spinal cord transection; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NERVE ENDING; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RABBIT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION;

EID: 0032421868     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v06n04_05     Document Type: Article

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