Tetrodotoxin block of A-fibre afferents from skin and muscle - A tool to study pure C-fibre effects in the spinal cord

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 445, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 607-613

  Steffens, Heinz ^a,b   Eek, Björn ^a   Trudrung, Peter ^a   Mense, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dorsal root fibres; Muscle; Rat; Skin; Spinal cord; Tetrodotoxin; Tetrodotoxin resistant conductivity; Unmyelinated afferents

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEAT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SKIN; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0037291136     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-002-0970-2     Document Type: Article

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