Involvement of trigeminal subnucleus caudalis (medullary dorsal horn) in craniofacial nociceptive reflex activity

Pain

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 115-128

  Tsai, C M ^a,b   Chiang, C Y ^a   Yu, X M ^a,c   Sessle, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Jaw muscles; Nociceptive; Reflex; Temporomandibular; Trigeminal

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HISTOLOGY; JAW MUSCLE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; DENERVATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE; IBOTENIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MUSTARD PLANT; NOCICEPTORS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFLEX; SKULL; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TRIGEMINAL CAUDAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS, SPINAL;

EID: 0032902708     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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