Mechanical stimulation activates small fiber mediated nociceptive responses in the nucleus gigantocellularis

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 505-511

  Nagata, Tomonari ^a   Suzuki, Hidehiro ^a   Zhang, Rihui ^a   Ozaki, Makoto ^a   Kawakami, Yoriko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem; Mechanical stimulation; Orphanin FQ; Pain; Reticular formation

Indexed keywords

NOCICEPTIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; EXCITATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIBER; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037391245     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1381-0     Document Type: Article

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