The influence of temporal summation on a C-fibre reflex in the rat: Effects of lesions in the rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM)

Brain Research

Volumn 792, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 168-172

  Gozariu, Manuela ^a   Bouhassira, Didier ^b   Wilier, Jean Claude ^a   Le Bars, Daniel ^b  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

C fibre; Flexor reflex; Inhibitory feed back mechanism; Rostral ventromedial medulla (RVM); Spino bulbo spinal; Wind up

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REFLEX; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSHOCK; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0032481970     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00214-5     Document Type: Article

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