Inhibitory effects of electrical stimulation of ventrolateral orbital cortex on the rat jaw-opening reflex

Brain Research

Volumn 813, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 359-366

  Zhang, Sun ^a   Tang, Jing Shi ^a   Yuan, Bin ^a   Jia, Hong ^a  

^a XI'AN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(Rat); Antinociception; Jaw opening reflex; Periaqueductal gray; Ventrolateral orbital Cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; JAW OPENING REFLEX; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENTAL PULP; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; JAW; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTORS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SKIN;

EID: 0032495152     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01050-6     Document Type: Article

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