Is the cutaneous silent period an opiate-sensitive nociceptive reflex?

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 695-699

  Inghilleri, Maurizio ^a   Conte, Antonella ^a   Frasca, Vittorio ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a   Manfredi, Mario ^b   Cruccu, Giorgio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous silent period; Fentanyl; Inhibitory effect; Modulation; Nociceptive reflex

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FINGER; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRICEPS SURAE MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FENTANYL; FINGERS; HUMANS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NOCICEPTORS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; SKIN; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0036242089     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10101     Document Type: Article

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