Suppression of activity in spinal nocireceptive 'low back' neurons by paravertebral somatic stimuli in the cat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-48

  Gillette, Richard G ^c   Kramis, Ronald C ^b   Roberts, William J ^a  

^a RS Dow Neurological Sciences Institute   (United States)

^b LEGACY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Division of Basic Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Cat; Diffuse noxious inhibitory control; Inhibitory receptive fields; Nociception; Somatosensory; Spinal neurons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROMODULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

ANIMALS; CATS; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; NEURAL INHIBITION; NOCICEPTORS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032559255     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00977-4     Document Type: Article

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