The effects of high- and low-intensity percutaneous stimulation on nitric oxide levels and spike activity in the superficial laminae of the spinal cord

Pain

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 139-150

  Schulte, D ^a   Millar, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fast cyclic voltammetry; Gamma aminobutyric acid; Nitric oxide; Pain transmission; Spike activity

Indexed keywords

N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

AFFERENT NERVE GROUP 1; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE FIBER C; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TECHNIQUE; TOUCH;

EID: 0037568071     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00443-8     Document Type: Article

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