Physiological evidence that the 'interphase' in the formalin test is due to active inhibition

Pain

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-63

  Henry, James L ^a   Yashpal, Kiran ^a,b   Pitcher, Graham M ^a   Coderre, Terence J ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Formalin test; Nociception; Pain; Spinal cord; Wide dynamic range neuron

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERPHASE; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; INTERPHASE; MALE; NEURONS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0033061313     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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