Temporal facilitation of the flexor reflex induced by C-fiber activity: Comparison between adult and aged rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 49-52

  Kanda, K ^a   Sato, H ^b   Kemuriyama, T ^a   Iwata, K ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; C fiber; Flexor reflex; Pain; Rat; Wind up

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACILITATION; FLEXOR REFLEX; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SURAL NERVE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REFLEX; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0035907141     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)01761-X     Document Type: Article

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