Contribution of TTX-resistant C-fibres and Aδ-fibres to nociceptive flexor-reflex and non-flexor-reflex pathways in cats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-287

  Schomburg, Eike D ^a   Steffens, Heinz ^a   Mense, Siegfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

A fibres; C fibres; Flexor reflexes; Nociceptive reflexes; Tetrodotoxin resistance

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; FLEXOR REFLEX; HEAT; NOCICEPTION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WITHDRAWAL REFLEX;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK; CATS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PAIN; REFLEX; TETRODOTOXIN; TIBIAL NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033843639     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(00)00129-2     Document Type: Article

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