Age-related changes in the response to thermal noxious heat and reduction of C-fibers by neonatal treatment with capsaicin

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-121

  Hiura, Akio ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Koshigae, Yuichiro ^a   Yoshizako, Ayumi ^a   Kubo, Yoshihiro ^a   Ishizuka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

C fiber; Capsaicin; Mouse; Neonatal age; Nociceptive heat; Withdrawal response

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; HINDLIMB; HYPOALGESIA; IRRADIATION; MALE; MOUSE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER C; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THERMAL INJURY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAPSAICIN; FEMALE; HEAT; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MICE; NERVE FIBERS; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0032774005     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990229970555     Document Type: Article

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